Go to Wikipedia and read about the later life of Captain Sobel of Band of Brothers fame.
Unbearably sad, to make it short, he tried to committee Suicide and failed, but it blinded him, he live the next 17 years in a V.A. home and died in '87 due to "Malnutrition".
Now after reading this article, what do you think Happened to an elderly blind vet in the V.A.? :'(
That healthy cockroaches were able to beat a blind guy to the dinner plate.