Why is a body important after the person is dead? What is its significance? The person is already dead so why does it matter where they are buried? Well I certainly don’t know the answer to any of those questions but it makes you think. It has to mean something because Jimmy Cross issued a search for Kiowa’s body. He would not let a good Baptist man like him stay buried in crap. Religion must make a difference then. I think it is the idea of just leaving someone in such a nasty situation is what mattered to them.
If there was anyone to blame for Kiowa’s death it was Jimmy Cross. He knew that it was a bad spot to set up camp, he knew. He should’ve used his better judgment and ignored orders. What’s the worst that could happen? They’ve already been through the worst so I’m pretty sure he could have withstood some higher-up yelling at him. Jimmy Cross didn’t want to be in the war anyway. Like so many others that were around, his heart wasn’t in it. They found Kiowa’s body and after much difficulty they uncovered it. They sent it on its way to wherever bodies end up in Vietnam. They were thankful that it wasn’t them that had been in such a horrible situation. Cross didn’t seem to be all that upset by the fact he was responsible for all this. I thought that was a bit strange. As a Lieutenant, Cross was responsible for all his men. He’d be a wreck if he got all bent out of shape about every one of them that was killed. He had to remain sane and to do that he couldn’t let things get to him like that.
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