One of Many Heros Returns Home...
Wounded veteran comes home today by
Robyn Moormeister June 15, 2006 is about just one veteran from just on community but I think the reaction of his family is typical. I hope it is typical. Sometimes families have difficulties dealing with the stress that change(s) bring. I wish this and every other young hero the very best.
Of course I'm reminded of the movie, "
The Best Years of Our Lives". Aside from my abiding attraction to Teresa Wright, I thought the movie was a good one to point out the difficulties that combat veterans had in readapting to "normal" society. You might have noticed that it is difficult enough for servicemen to leave the regimented military life without experiencing combat. That so many of our veterans have managed, with the help and understanding of their families, to successfully re-enter our society is a testament to their character. I think it is also demonstrative of the overwhelming success of these men that the exceptions are so widely publicized.
Just as there was post-Vietnam we are hearing about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the "government's" failure to adequately treat it. I don't know if I believe this. Nearly all of the sources with this view of the subject are viruently anti-American, anti-war, anti-military and agenda driven. I'd like to hear from actual veterans as to their thoughts. Frankly that is the only opinion that counts.
