I wonder how the Russian veterans manage?
My guess is, it has a lot to do with the culture you are returning to.
I was lucky when I returned to the earth to find employment where most of the males were WWII or Korean vets.
When I retired, there were only three of us in a large building.
When something less than good happened, we shared a famous line from old times; “What are they going to do? Send us to Viet Nam?”
Were you on another planet?