This is a short story inspired by the chapter "Sweatheart of the Song Tra Bong" in the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Originally an assigmnet for my American Literature course earlier this year, we where to create an end to Mary Anne, a character introduces in this chapter of whom undergoes the most obvious transfermation due to war in the novel. The following is my rendition of her experience, and will include a lot of spoilers from the novel. There is mild foul language, descriptions of ingury, and talk of war. Please leave comment on what you think, if you wouldn't mind.All Rights Reserved