I dont
think I ever had PTSD, however, it was a big mistake attending the Villages
fireworks display shortly after leaving DaNang RVN in June of 1968. Now, many
years later I enjoy shooting my pistols on the range. The nightmares of RVN are
in the distant past but twelve years after retiring from a high stress job
which I held for twenty-five years, recollections of that job still gives me
sleepless nights.
An active lifestyle,
nudism and spoiling my grandkids keeps my life on track. Good Luck
I served but was Stateside my entire time.
My dad did as well except for one accompanied tour when we all went to England, and that was during the Vietnam Era. His planes never went, so we never did. He served 21 years and I served 6.3
USAF '74 to '94 + 6 w/DOD in Europe. You name it, 4yrs in R&D, a few years in AC-130s, some SAR work along the way & various other duties, as assigned.
Hang in there bro, I still remember the sound of bullets whizzing by and the 'crumph' of the 1st load of fireworks coming out of a mortar tube on July 4th one year. Can't tell you how close I came to diving for the bushes, the only cover around.
WWII
Out of curiosity, how were you in WWII? It ended in 1945, you would have only been 15 if we go by the ageo of 85 that you claim on your profile. My dad was born in 1926 and he lied about his age to get into the Army to fight in WWII. There are only a few WWII veterans even living today.
As I lay here in excruciating pain thinking of my military experiences, after much thought and prayer over quite awhile, I have come to an important decision. That is to file for 100% disability through the VA for, "Individual unemployability," as they call it. I haven't worked at all in a year, and I hadn't worked full time for 15 years prior to that.
This is very hard for me, because I am an ambitious person with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Any friendship and counsel is appreciated. I'm here to make friends (hopefully some locally), and I haven't had much luck.
WWII
Out of curiosity, how were you in WWII? It ended in 1945, you
would have only been 15 if we go by the ageo of 85 that you claim
on your profile. My dad was born in 1926 and he lied about
his age to get into the Army to fight in WWII.
There are only a few WWII veterans even living
today.
I was born in 1927. I turned 17 in 1944. I enlisted. I just
haven't bothered to update my profile.
NOTE:
October 24, 1951, President Harry Truman
proclaimed that the nation's war with Germany,
begun in 1941, is officially over.
Fighting had ended in the spring
of 1945.
16 year Canadian vet here, no combat but as a medic I saw enough to screw me up and get some PTSD, at least enough to get a bit of insight into what others feel. I had a pretty good treatment program a couple years ago, but still keep my back to the wall most the time. It's too cold to sit outside nude here now, but when I can it does help clear away the terrors
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