Deadly Waters & Saving Private Ryan
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Deadly Waters & Saving Private Ryan
For some reason, whenever I think of the Vietnam war, I don't think of the navy as much as, say, WWII. What branch of the military did you serve in during the Vietnam war?
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As a little girl in the 70s, one of my friends' fathers was a Vietnam vet. He'd been a Green Beret. Everyone knew he was abusive to his wife and kids. I remember my friend telling me how, that morning before school, he'd held a cocked and loaded gun to her mother's head. At only 8, I wasn't in any sort of position to know how to handle something like that. I told my mom. All she did, like the other adults, was agree that it was sad and blame it on his drinking.
Today, we would know that he was suffering from PTSD. But that wasn't as widely understood back then. I've read that the psychological devastation on Vietnam vets was similar to that experienced by vets in WWI--another devastating conflict. That time, because it was a war of attrition. It's very sad that so many young lives were lost or otherwise destroyed. This book really highlights it all over again.
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Succinctly put, yet so eloquently all-encompassing. For a century that held so much growth, promise and innovation, it was not without its fair share of traumatic memories, wartime atrocities and nationwide, political unrest.crusader77 wrote: ↑23 Nov 2019, 14:25 The Vietnam War was arguably the most traumatic experience for the United States in the twentieth century. That is indeed a grim distinction in a span that included two world wars, the assassinations of two presidents and the resignation of another, the Great Depression, the Cold War, racial unrest, and the drug and crime waves.
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I imagine Vietnam veterans had it worse with many citizens being against the war. The feeling of others being ungrateful for the daring sacrifices of fallen military brethren would be enough to drive a lot of people mad, especially with survivors guilt added on top of that.Laura Lee wrote: ↑23 Nov 2019, 22:16 I agree, crusader77. The psychological impact on Vietnam vets was greater than that of either the Korean War or WWII. It's so sad that they got little to no help.
As a little girl in the 70s, one of my friends' fathers was a Vietnam vet. He'd been a Green Beret. Everyone knew he was abusive to his wife and kids. I remember my friend telling me how, that morning before school, he'd held a cocked and loaded gun to her mother's head. At only 8, I wasn't in any sort of position to know how to handle something like that. I told my mom. All she did, like the other adults, was agree that it was sad and blame it on his drinking.
Today, we would know that he was suffering from PTSD. But that wasn't as widely understood back then. I've read that the psychological devastation on Vietnam vets was similar to that experienced by vets in WWI--another devastating conflict. That time, because it was a war of attrition. It's very sad that so many young lives were lost or otherwise destroyed. This book really highlights it all over again.
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I agree with you, nothing good came out of the Vietnam war. It was a war in futility; nothing gained or achieved. It was a complete travesty.ronmathewalx wrote: ↑04 Dec 2019, 11:36 Vietnam war only brought pain and trauma. The war was fought for stopping communism, which clearly, did not happen. I would say that it was a meaningless war, which could be easily avoided.
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I couldn't agree more. Thank youwinecellarlibrary wrote: ↑17 Dec 2019, 12:52 Unfortunately, the president, his staff, and many generals during the war were all seeking glory. They wanted to be remembered in history like the great generals of WWII. This led to a war that dragged on far longer than it should have, and sadly, it was the warfighters who carried the blame when they returned home due to the public outrage being exacted on the wrong people.
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I have not read widely about war's too, but I agree books like these can have effects of veterans