Characters from Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Private First Class Reginald Edwards - This person is known as Malik and enlisted at the age of seventeen.

Specialist 5 Harold Bryant - This person invented things as a kid and is nicknamed Light Bulb.

Specialist 4 Richard J. Ford III - This person has bad knees, but medical records are lost and this person is sent to the infantry.

Specialist 4 Charles Strong - This person's parents were migrant workers, and he is drafted shortly before his twentieth birthday.

HM2 Luther C. Benton III - As an only child, this person...
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