This irony is most poignantly demonstrated in the plastic poncho carried by the men , which is describes as being ``worth every ounce . In April , for instance , when Ted Lavender was shot , they used his poncho to wrap him up , then to carry him across the paddy , then to lift him onto the chopper that took him away (282 . The author uses the example of Lavender to illustrate the general irony that he finds in the situation of carrying things to...











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