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Originally Posted by lockedown
were you old enough to be aware of the treatment VietNam vets got upon returning home from war during the years after 1969?
they were touted as babykillers
many were never able to transition from their lives of violence
many suffered from mental/emotional problems the rest of their lives
many committed suicide
many never adjusted back to being a productive member of society
many wanted to go back because they at least understood their life there
folks responf to these things in various ways. some homicidal. some suicidal. some outwardly appear unaffected and normal.
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wow. I was not alive in 69. My dad was in vietnam at that time though, as were several of my uncles and neighbors. I wasn't referring to the treatment of Vietnam vets. But these days we don't call our soldiers murderers and would you not agree that most soldiers come home and don't start killing innocent people? They 'get off that path'? I love it when someone takes one sentence I write and picks it apart... I don't agree that Jack is going postal. plain and simple. lighten up already.