Lost a cousin and a good friend...
The Vietnam Veterans I have known who saw live action would not discuss their service...or did so privately and reluctantly. Each of them had difficulties for years handling their experiences...Sebastian Junger has written a great book about PTSD -- https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming-Belonging-Sebastian-Junger/dp/1455566381. We all could benefit from reading this....My Dad went (Apr 1970-Apr 1971).
His barracks were bombed twice - epicenter of one bomb was in the room next to his, and he once spent hours trapped under a mattress hiding because when they were calling for him, he didn't know if they were being forced to call for him to drag him off as a POW.
I'm guessing maybe I'm starting to understand that the alcohol was so he could get to sleep because you get waked up twice in less than a year by a bomb, I guess it would make sleep difficult.
And he NEVER talks about it. Ever. What I just told you is all I know of the entire year he was there.
I'm envious! I hope one day to own a home where I can erect a flagpole in the front yard.Just recently replaced my flags here.
I also re-located my flag pole to one of the new decks I built in front so my flags are now flying higher than ever before!
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