[vetvetdoug]

Read Steven Ambrose' book, Citizen Soldiers, about the troops that served from June 7th, 1944, until May of 1945 in the battles of France, Maginot line, Hurtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, Falaise Pocket, Remagen Bridge and others. There were entire units that were sent to the rear for battle fatigue where the men couldn't even function. The conditions and terror these men went through were horrific. These men suffered high rates of depression and battle fatigue and came home with significant PTSD except it wasn't called that then.

[oh8eleven]

My FIL was at the Hurtgen Forest; my father was a WWII Marine in the Pacific; I was a VN Marine up on the DMZ.
Between the three of us, we knew PTSD.