How Horrible Was The Vietnam War? A Veteran’s Nightmare Story

[Dead_Again]

The cries of the dying is a memory that never leaves.

[pbaryski]

My Dad was Air Cavalry Infantry. When I was 9 years old we went to the movies and saw Platoon together opening weekend. While in retrospect this was not an appropriate movie for my age (it was the 80’s, nobody cared about ratings), it is one of my most cherished memories. I had no idea what he had been through and it completely reshaped how I viewed my dad. He was a wonderful, sweet man and with 15 decorations (including two bronze stars) a legit war hero. I’ll never forget the tagline on the movie poster. “ the first casualty of war is innocence.” Agent Orange took him at 66 years old but he lived a wonderful life and we think about him every day. Thank you for your service.

[karenanddogs]

God bless you dear sir. I lost 2 friends in the war there. Barry Williams and Gerry Duarte. I just want them to be remembered. 😢

[MTNLVR]

Makes my heart ache for both men. War is truly terrible. 😢

[kayla]

These Men were treated awful when they came back from Vietnam. Thank you all for your sacrifices.

[e.g.flores]

As a combat Infantry Medic, 1966/67 I had a Vietnamese Lieutenant die in front of me. He had a sucking chest wound, and to this day I can still see his agonizing face and his eyes staring at me. I always wonder about his family and what they went through, I was a farmworker kid fighting another farmworker kid, and to this day, it does not make any sense to me, somehow a part of you dies with the person you see die.

[corrinnacorrinna]

I can't imagine war. I have heard people dying or in pain in the nursing home calling for their mom. It is a desperate sad sound you never forget.😢

[aljohnston]

The horror and terrible things a soldier is called upon to do leave the deepest scars, scars others don't always see because they're in their heart, mind and soul....
Thank you for your service and May God Bless.
🤲💪🏼🥾💞🪖✊🏽🎖️🪶🙏🦅🇺🇸

[otiebrown]

In Army 1962 - 1967.
I was lucky.
Survival.
Bless this soldier.

[ronniesen]

Vietnam vets are my heroes. My older brother was one of them. Thank you brothers and welcome home.

[katythepsychiclady]

I have ptsd, but I can't imagine in a million years being in Vietnam, sad, traumatic, scary, absolutely terrifying, thank you to all who served and all do🙏🙏

[gXX]

Vietnam vets who saw combat rarely speak on their service and what they had to do to survive and be here today. Ain't nothing nice.

[LUVLAYNE]

My heart aches for you 💔. Thank you for your service sir.

[sidewaysvertical]

My uncle was a WW2 Marine veteran, his Brother, my Father who also served in WW2, they were talking one night about stuff in the war, which was rare, but they were both half loaded from drinking one night and got loose, my Uncle admitted that one of things that FK'd him up was the whimpering, sounding like puppy's of his fellow Marines that got cut down and couldn't scream in pain, and had to hack it till morning, and that he couldn't crawl to them and help them W/O getting machine gun fire on himself made him feel helpless!!....When they secured the area in the morning, most them had died W/O a medics help, and he never learned to cope with that type of guilt!!...This took place in a battle known as "Tarawa"

[randomhouse]

Wars are never over for those who fought them.

[honda]

As a combat veteran you will experience the best and worst mankind can do to one another. It's changed my entire world views upon returning home. I know this brother in arms anguish and ask that everyone please be respectful of combat veterans. Unless we bring it up, please don't ask questions, especially the number one rule of courtesy. Never, ever ask a veteran, did you kill anyone? That is beyond disrespectful, it's the worse thing to ask. Bless all our past, present and future veterans. No matter how difficult it gets remember that you are never alone my brother's in arms.🇺🇸

[NickHalloway]

These poor guys went through hell for a meaningless war only to come home to people outright disrespecting them. My utmost respect to all that went over there.

[torstensommer]

The wounds of war are not always physical. Thank you for your service. May you find peace

[danc.]

I just spent Veteran's Day with 5 members of Bravo 2/5, Vietnam 1969-70. I was truly honored to be amongst them.

[adrian-hd]

a living nightmare you never completely wake up from