On page 21 “ They were tough. They carried with them all the emotional baggage of men who might have died. Pain, terror, love, desire: these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and their own specific weight, they had a tangible weight. They brought shameful memories. They carried with them the common secret of barely restrained cowardice, the instinct to run, freeze or hide, and in many ways this was the heaviest burden of all, because it could never be put down, it required perfect balance and perfect posture . "This quote is very significant because it talks about how American soldiers live during the Vietnam War. It examines the confidence and mentality of the soldiers to be subjugated in a very harsh and frank way that does not show the pretentious honor that some memoirs of other wars they might be tempted to do. Many soldiers died just to avoid the shame because they did not want to face the embarrassment. According to The Voice of Freedom by Eric Foner, on pages 210-213 n of Vietnam (1945), “The Declaration of the United States “All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, including Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” This means: All peoples of the earth are equal from birth, all peoples have the right to live, to be happy and