Very well put Legshot, I agree 100% not to underscore Iraq but these guys have it gravy over there compared to Vietnam, I have done alot of research on Nam and did 3 term papers on it, one about the Navys roll, one about the prisoners of war, and one about the guys on the ground, Nam guys are true heros and very brave, just like the WW2 gents, it was an awfull war.
It's just that these people went through the worst war in American history, and were :
: on when they got home because of the new emerging media.
I remeber being a child, seeing the news footage every night, and asking my Dad, what's wrong with him?
The guy was either blown to bits, being carried to a chopper, or freaking out on drugs.... My Dad would just say..... "It's war" ( He joined the navy right after Pearl Harbor)
I have blanked out so many things in my life as far as my memory goes, but that nightly black and white home footage of war, is burned in my being, after 47 years.
I don't know one personal family member or friend that was in that war. My older brothers just skated by it due to timing.
Can you imagine how enraging it would be to have our current Iraq veterans spat upon on the daily news, as they returned home?
The Nam vets had two choices... Be forced to defend your country due to political BS, or go to Canada and hide. There is no "Wall of Honor" in Canada paying tribute to the people that hid away. Your number came up, you went..
When you got drafted into this mess, you had to develope a phycopath state of mind to get thier job done, and when you got back, were punished for it, by yes, liberals, and media.
Show me one Nam vet that did his duty, and chuckles about how easy it went. They are all screwed up. It seems that the only ones who remember what happened in that time, these days, is themselves.
It is an abomination that Veterans Day is lost in this country.
Legshot... :loser: