The Things They Carried
Across
- 1. a field of rice plants
- 4. laziness
- 6. tedious; repetitiveness
- 7. backpack
- 10. a space between
- 13. metal fragments from an exploding shell
- 14. military uniforms
- 15. blood sucking worm
- 18. shy; reserved
- 19. a disorder of the lower intestinal tract
- 20. characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion
- 24. short for ammunition
- 25. acronym for: absent without official leave
- 26. a self evident truth
- 27. one opposed to war
Down
- 2. a device used to set off an explosive
- 3. a shallow pit dug by a soldier in combat
- 5. passive assent or agreement without protest
- 6. an infectious disease spread by mosquitoes
- 8. food issued by the military
- 9. moral righteousness
- 11. to seize
- 12. subdivision of a company of troops
- 16. acronym: missing in action
- 17. a hormone
- 20. to carry on the back
- 21. the state of the spirits a a person or group
- 22. infantrymen
- 23. lying in wait to attack by surprise