Read the excerpt from a rumor of war. we left vietnam peculiar creatures, with young shoulders that bore rather old heads. what is the author attempting to convey to the reader using sensory language?

Although they have young bodies they feel like old men.

Explanation:

In this excerpt from "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo, what the narrator is attempting to convey to the reader using sensory language is that although the soldiers are young and have young and healthy bodies they feel like old men due to the experiences they had during the Vietnam War. This war, that lasted thirteen long years, is often considered as the only armed conflict that the United States lost. This text is one of the memoirs of the conflict.

a photo collage of women at work during world war 2