Seriously, I don’t know if you’re old enough — but compared to the Vietnam war, is it just me or have we done a complete turnaround on supporting the military? Were there people back then who believed every soldier was a saint in uniform? Why is it different now? I mean, from your perspective.
Why was it okay then to treat soldiers like crap — according to some people, not me — and now we are running to support them and thank them and do everything we can to show support, in any way we can — especially by just listening and writing letters of support.
It bothers me that it seems that those guys didn’t get any of this support. Or did they?
Kath
I think that a lot of the guys then got some support, but many also got the awful treatment on returning to the states. I know that my friend, whose dad served in the Navy, saw her father (and really, her whole family) treated like trash when they returned home through SanFran. Then again, SF is still pretty whacko on the topic.
But I also know that the people we knew who served (my brother, one of his best friends) - we took care of. My brother was posted in Europe, but I had neighbors with POW/MIA id bracelets, etc. Our town in Western PA didn’t see protestors and such unless we watched the evening news.
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