Reddit reviews Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History
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Lesson is don’t fight a war half assed.
Also, 10 million claimed to have served in Vietnam, but that is nearly 10 times the amount of actual people who did serve.
I personally served with a guy who made it less than 90 days before DUI and drugs got him kicked out of the military. To this day his FN has photos and quote acting like he did crap for his country when I’m the one who bled for this country. I will be honest and state it was a deployment injury on a rescue op, but it wasn’t a combat injury. I down play my service, and am working to get back in.
The facts are that if you were a Vietnam Vet, you are less likely to have debilitating PTSD and less likely to be homeless.
Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History https://www.amazon.com/dp/096670360X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_zkwdBb94NM207
Honestly, it’s the same with my buddies in Special Operations. I’ve seen PTSD from deployments, one of my dearest friends had lost his career over it. But every single one has gotten through it and become a productive member of society, including one becoming an NP. On the other hand, I have seen guys claim PTSD from a bad jump. Typically they haven’t done a damn thing in their career.
PTSD diagnosis for the last 10 years was an easy way to get money if you got kicked out of the military. They gave it for guys breaking a bone in training. I was forced out (trying to get back in should be able to in 90 days, but you can find the story on my past posts). The VA tried to get me to claim PTSD for my injury deployed right where those 4 operators were killed in Niger/Nigeria. I literally jumped in the region and have the video and photos to prove it.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfgate.com/news/amp/Unmasking-Phony-Vietnam-Vets-Fakes-big-factor-2913179.php
Quick summary: I filed for custody and my ex claimed I beat her and was violent. Old Captain backed me. Ultimately the State and the Army found out she makes up stories and is a 2 time felon. I was good and continuing my career. New Captain shows up and she is all upset I was arrested for DV. Showed her the paperwork that it was a false arrest. Refused to sign my re-enlistment. I received Honorable with an RE-1 code. Recruiter is working the paperwork as we type to get me in the Guard. If I move out of my state, I lose my daughter to my abusive ex, because the court suck.
This is an American book about the phenomenon you are experiencing.
An old book too.. I read it back in 2000 and I just looked it up on amazon and it was apparently published in '98.. I didn't realize it was that old! I recommend it if you can find it cheap. link
> Vietnam was so unpopular and violent that people did whatever they could to get out of it.
People who got television cameras pointed at them on college campuses and at big city anti-war rallies and in their later careers as college professors, news journalists, artists and politicians (hello Bill Clinton and Donald Trump!) did whatever they could to get out of it.
People who weren't being paid attention to by the anti-war movement signed up and went. Less than a third of US casualties in Vietnam were draftees, compared to almost two-thirds of US casualties in WW2.
I recommend Stolen Valor for a look at Vietnam veterans that isn't exactly what you tend to see from Hollywood - or from the news media.