Episode 2
Alpha Company digs one of their own out of the Vietnam mud. The guilt of that night will follow them home. Tim O'Brien must decide how much of it he is ready to tell.
Somewhere under a flooded field in Quang Ngai Province, a friend is waiting to be found, and Alpha Company isn't moving until they've got him out. The guilt of that night doesn't end when the war ends. Reluctant soldier Tim O'Brien is still working out how much of it all he's ready to tell.
The concluding part of this adaptation of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a landmark of Vietnam War fiction and a Pulitzer Prize finalist widely taught in American schools today.
Story of America is a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States.
The drama contains strong language, including sexual references and racially derogatory language, and scenes of wartime death and violence.
Cast:
Tim O'Brien . . . . . Will Merrick
Kathleen . . . . . Mara Huf
Norman Bowker . . . . . Ian Dunnett Jnr
Jimmy Cross . . . . . Chris Lew Kum Hoi
'Rat' Kiley . . . . . Ashley Margolis
Mitchell Sanders . . . . . Morgan Beale
Kiowa . . . . . Arthur Boan
Henry Dobbins . . . . . Will Hammond
Production Co-ordinator . . . . . Ben Hollands
Technical Producers . . . . . Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson
Sound Design by . . . . . Peter Ringrose
Dramatist . . . . . Theo Toksvig-Stewart
Director . . . . . Toby Swift
A 麻豆社 Studios production.
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- Sun 13 Sep 2026 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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