ces of small-town Pennsylvania characters as they involve themselves in their routine rituals and activities. The first of these is an elaborate Russian-American wedding and reception. The second is a deer hunting outing in the Allegheny Mountains. These events are meant to show the normalized relations and rituals among family and friends that exist prior to various individuals’ involvement in the Vietnam War. The second section is typical of many Vietnam War films in this genre, depicting the brutal and violent war-time experiences of the American combat soldiers in the jungles of Vietnam. It is these experiences that will psychologically scare the combatants, making their interactions with friends and family members back home more complex and problematic than in the o
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