Episode 2

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Somewhere under a flooded field in Quang Ngai Province, a friend is waiting to be found, and Alpha Company isn't moving until they've got him out. The guilt of that night doesn't end when the war ends. Reluctant soldier Tim O'Brien is still working out how much of it all he's ready to tell. The concluding part of this adaptation of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a landmark of Vietnam War fiction and a Pulitzer Prize finalist widely taught in American schools today. Story of America is a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States. The drama contains strong language, including sexual references and racially derogatory language, and scenes of wartime death and violence. Cast: Tim O'Brien . . . . . Will Merrick Kathleen . . . . . Mara Huf Norman Bowker . . . . . Ian Dunnett Jnr Jimmy Cross . . . . . Chris Lew Kum Hoi 'Rat' Kiley . . . . . Ashley Margolis Mitchell Sanders . . . . . Morgan Beale Kiowa . . . . . Arthur Boan Henry Dobbins . . . . . Will Hammond Production Co-ordinator . . . . . Ben Hollands Technical Producers . . . . . Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson Sound Design by . . . . . Peter Ringrose Dramatist . . . . . Theo Toksvig-Stewart Director . . . . . Toby Swift A BBC Studios production.