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With weight a concern, it may be Bible verses, photos or cigarettes
Jump to full article: Charlotte (NC) Observer, 2003-03-22
Author: MARK JOHNSON / Staff Writer
Intro: The Army regulates, as it does so many aspects of soldiers' lives, much of what they take into battle. But into the crevices of rucksacks and the slender folds of pockets, U.S. troops who are in Kuwaiti camps today but in the Iraqi desert tomorrow find tiny spaces for something of their own.
They choose carefully. What do you pack when you are being sent out to kill? Or when you might be going out to die?
Spc. John Zellers, 28, of the 2nd Battalion of the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, carries both cigarettes and a tin of Copenhagen smokeless tobacco, because he's prohibited from firing up a smoke at night when they reach combat. [This graph only]
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