[kcvl]

"And George Gruel, who claimed he was traumatized by the sight of his friend being chopped to pieces by a propeller? Navy records reveal that a propeller accident did take place on the Ticonderoga when Gruel was aboard — but that he wasn't around when it happened. During Gruel's tour, the ship had been converted to an antisubmarine warfare carrier which operated, not on 'secret mission' along the Vietnam coast, but on training missions off the California coastline. Nevertheless, Burkett notes, Gruel receives $1,952 a month from the Veterans Administration for 'psychological trauma' related to an event he only heard about.

[Eva]

That sounds like some of these guys. I can't tell you how many there are, lots though. One of the benefits that they ran for them was to round them up and offer a shower, shave and a haircut, because so many of them have been living in such unhealthful conditions.