“It took 3 reporters to write this. “
Good observation.
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WWII it was called shell shock.
The vets got married and raised families. Committed relationships and responsibility.
Our present day society is anchor less and rudderless.
and beat there kids.I have welts to prove it
And there were more than a few of us baby boomers who saw our brace WW-II combat veteran fathers fall apart as the years went by. Eleanor Roosevelt said that she felt our returning combat vets had been so traumatized by their war experiences they should be given up to a year of recovery in a peaceful restorative therapeutic environment if they needed it before being expected to fully assimilate back into civilized life. I think she was completely correct about this.
When you are raised a “snowflake”, it just makes sense that someday, you will melt.
The few facts reported here about Track would be consistent with combat-related PTSD.
Maybe because we go to war with our hands tied and told that victory is not the goal.
The men in WWII went to war to kill the enemy at all costs and to win
Today soldiers need to worry if they shoot under the wrong circumstance they will be tried and convicted of murder....yeah, I wonder why they come back so effed up....
My dad was a WWII vet and active in veterans organizations all his life, and he felt that the environment vets faced after WWII was a major factor in enabling them to rejoin civilian life with less PTSD (as it is now called). This changed dramatically after Viet Nam, and has gone downhill ever since. So I think you are exactly right in that the ills of modern society have added to the burden veterans must carry, and we all bear some responsibilty for that.
It is one issue that good people of all political persuasions ought to be able to agree on. We can fight like hell over whether to send troops in harms way, but anyone who serves should be treated with utmost respect and appreciation.
Well.... Keep in mind that some things just weren’t talked about then, especially mental health. A couple of the men in my family who served became alcoholics after returning.
They held down jobs and had families (one more successfully than the other) but they did struggle.
Many World War II Vets had problems that weren’t addressed. You need to do some homework.
And there were those who ultimately committed suicide or fell into a history of abusing their own families. Then there were also those who were institutionalized for the remainder of their lives or who died as unknowns living on the streets and the final remaining soldiers still suffering from lack of care from the VA........
So what's your F'n point?