It wasn’t just the WW2 vets who suffered. Korean War vets weren’t treated much better than Vietnam Era Vets when they came home.
Thank you for posting this
My dad took shrapnel in the back on Guadalcanal. He was sent back to twent nine palms for rehab
He never would speak of his war time years
Beautiful tribute - although today is the day we remember those soldiers who gave their life in defense of our country. My uncle was one of them.
My dad commanded an LCT on Utah Beach. He NEVER talked about it. Lost him in ‘86.
My Dad was a Combat Engineer with the Third Infantry Division during the Korean War.
He would wake up at night reaching for his carbine.
God bless him. As if combat wasn't enough, that's volunteering to see human suffering as close as it gets.
This is my father’s casualty report from Korea:
He was crouched down behind a bush when he heard a light thump. Turned to see a grenade lying next to him. Got up to run but it was too late. He got blown over the bush. You could feel the shrapnel in his arm for years after. He did not know if it was an enemy grenade or one of his own guys who heard my father and panicked. The patrol pulled back and they blew the hell out of the area with artillery. He went on to serve two tours in Vietnam. He retired when he found out he was going back to Vietnam for a third tour. He had had enough.