Publication

     The Things They Carried is a collection of related stories by Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam Warm orgianally published in hardcover by  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1900. While apparently bases on some of O'Brien's own experiences, the title page refers to the book as "work of fiction." 
    Before publication in the 1900, five of the stories, including "The Things They Carried, "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong," "The Ghost Soldiers," and "The Lives of the Dead," had been published in Esquire.  
Awards
***Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award - The Things They Carried 
***National Magazine Award - short story: The Things They Carried

***Included in The Best American Short Stories of the Century- short story:  The Things They Carried

***Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

***Won the French Du Meilleur Livre Etranger