[texanyankee]

then we should have had massive murder after WW2......but we didn't .... character is reavealed in the end....

Exactly. My Dad served in the Pacific theatre in WWII and it changed him. He didnt go hunting after he got back.

[BwanaNdege]

Yep. And I don't “play” paintball.

However, having served in Vietnam was a very good thing for me, personally. I know far more people who changed for the better after Vietnam than who turned out to be bums because of Vietnam.

For many “bums” (not all) Vietnam was just a socially acceptable excuse for lack of self-discipline and responsibility. Same as the excuse of “I grew up poor”.

As my dear, kindly Drill Instructor (yea, right!) used to say, “Excuses are like [alimentary canal terminal sphincter valves]. Everyone has one and they ALL stink!”