Another View of Vietnam Veterans

2015-05-05T09:39:31-04:00

“There were no waiting crowds or bands at the airport for the Vietnam guys,” Wright told me recently. “Most of them had been warned to expect a hostile reception.”

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/another-view-of-vietnam-veterans

Another View of Vietnam Veterans - The New Yorker

Through the years, our thinking about those who served in the war has been characterized by tension between a sense of virtue and a sense of shame.

Response by SPC Charles Brown made May 5 at 2015 9:58 AM

2015-05-05T09:58:52-04:00

God bless the Vietnam vets for doing this. I can understand why as well. With the way they were treated upon their return it is great that they are making sure that the Modern war vets don't get the same treatment that they did.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 5 at 2015 11:07 PM

2015-05-05T23:07:50-04:00

I feel there is an undercurrent of so what amongst some veterans and active duty of contempt. I saw some of it here and not so much currently as 2013-14. The agitant has moved on but this has been the legacy. But you know what?

Like in the movie 'Coming Home' when Jon Voight remembered the pain and hurt that co-mingled with his youthful notion of honor and duty, he criticizes the frustration that emanated from an administration that was full of shit in trying to placate a bunch of morons who had no bid in that game.

The guy whose ideas who lost the PR battle, Robert S. McNamara, apologized for the war's execution and not only that, he suffered in his own conscience of guilt for the lives lost and the soldiers suffering.

So this asshole with this article could not avoid ANOTHER CHEAP SHOT, making fun of old veterans and talking about their weight. This is the bullshit was faced in the 70s and this author is just as confused as the prosecution of that war! two thumbs down and a rock to his head.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 15 at 2015 6:21 PM

2015-10-15T18:21:43-04:00

It is a shame that the lessons of civility and honor was learned at the expense of Vietnam Veterans when they were so wounded by what they saw in Vietnam.