The Things that Carried Him
Part One: Indiana, The End
- we are introduced to Don Collins
- detail on Collins’ background
- he makes his first cut in the grass
- Collins digs
- Various funeral goers come in
- the casket travels
- civilian motorcycles join
- Soldiers from Fort Knox
- Reverend prays
- Ritual of firing shots
- Bugler plays
- details of bugle training
- quote from Leatherbee
- quote from Sergeant Chris Bastille
- Soldiers folded the flag
- detail on flag folding
- Brigadier General Belinda Pinckney joins
- Pinckney tells an anecdote about Missie
- quote from Pinckney
- service ends