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PCB66

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7. I'm a Vietnam War Veteran

Reply to Aristus (Reply #6)

Sun May 10, 2026, 11:59 AM

Sunday

Like your Dad I don't have much sympathy for fellow veterans crying and whining about it. All war sucks. It sucked for my WWII Dad, for me and for my Iraq War son. That is the nature of war.

I came home and got on with the rest of my life. Went to college, married a wonderful woman, had a family and a career. Never felt the need to complain or bitch about a period of my life that I really had no control over.

Some veterans are consumed by the trauma of their experiences. I chose to put it behind me.

The thing that gets me is now is when somebody says to me (or other Vietnam Veteran) "welcome home", I think where the hell were you in 1970?

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