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What does the cat tell you, she looks wizen...
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You were there 3 times longer than the majority of us and that means 3 times more thing to relive. Sorry I can't make you any better than me but after 40 years we seem have learned how to live with...
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AF2543 its called PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) if there is a vmac close to you they can provide answers to your ? they have counselors available who can help you find some of the answers your...
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Thanks to all that responded..........................I needed someone to answer............and you did..........thanks, i needed that...........was having a bad day! Sorry.
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Maybe because returning Vietnam Vets were treated like crap.
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You got that right! My family was always glad to see me come back alive after watching the war on TV, but never said they were proud of me for for going to Vietnam when i didn't have to. I felt more...
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It is far more than RVN and AO, it is also a group of Vets also about the same age who never got "thanks for your service" but got shit on for their service. For most of us, we were afraid to...
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Thans Lou I think you hit the nail on th head
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you know perhaps if the va had stepped up back when the first rvn vets started coming home ptsd could have been a much more contollable disease but if you walk around neve knowing why your angry,...
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You got that right Doc. They ignored the Vets returning with PTSD. I don't even remember that term when my former husband was in rages, became an alchoholic, constant depression and angry. Pushed...
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LouF wrote: It is far more than RVN and AO, it is also a group of Vets also about the same age who never got "thanks for your service" but got shit on for their service. For most of us, we were afraid...
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i would like to leave all my brothers with one last thought on this subject a quote not my own "For men with blood on thier hands, men strained by the butchery of combat, the real fight for survival...
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Well said Lou, my husband "Bill" served in Nam in 67-68, he was a tunnel runner, ACAV, etc. I don't know all the lingo, but he still to this day has nightmares. He never complained about anything,...
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Lou ,you are so right about vet helping vet on the AO forum ,instead of just for filing of claims . I have seen so many posts where some of these Vets were sharing so many memories about Nam and about...
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I am so glad that today's vets get the recognition they so richly deserve but as Vietnam vet I am still owed a parade. We all are owed that parade that may have changed our lives for the better at...
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