Should We Trust Memory?

In the intro to the "Good of War" it says, "this is a memory book, rather than a hard fact and precise stastic." (161) This was an important quote for me because it made me realize that all these stories that we hear about war are memories. They can be fuzzy and altered. Also, everyone remembers event differently. There is one verteran that could remember an event completely different than others. Another problem with this is everyone has their opinions about what they did. If they didn't agree with what they were told to do in war then they might change their story based off of the fact they didn't agree with it. All the stories that we hear are based off how a person viewed terrible events yet we don't know how much of it is actually facts and what of it is bad memories they had or the bad views they had on each event. All the images are so scaring to them and some people change so much we can't know for sure the facts they give about event that happen while they are soldiers are 100% true. Also, a lot of people talk about the war many years after it happens. For instance in the intro they talk about it 40 years later. However, they might not remember most of it or might get one event mixed up with a different one.