You all need to go back and read some of this stuff in a little more thoughtful manner. I have no doubt that there are thousands of vets out there that have "made" it. At least by some social standards. They got the cash, they got the toys, they got credentials and they got some kinda of title after their name.
And I am proud of them. But you guys are gettin' sideways with some people pretty close to you when you start talkin about those that came back and spent years in the bottle and on drugs. Lost out there on the road. For years. Good men. Loaded down with guilt and shame maybe for one incident that rises up in the middle of the night and tells them they did not do enough. They question their courage and their manhood. And they drank and they did drugs and wondered where God was when they needed him. With every kinda of MOS. And some of them faced down their demons and won the fight. And I am proud of them. You all go on now and sit back and pass judgement but remember but for the Grace of God buddy you and I would be walkin that same path.
Hey I'll take the time to watch the documentary. But I am not going to let them spoonfeed me bullshit. I have spent from 1978 to the present researching Agent Orange on my own. And Sid you are wrong if you were in Vietnam and you were breathin' you were exposed. You all are not considering the way our weather cycles interact with pollutants in the air.
The info is out there if you care to care to consider it. I have posted so much on this site and the vet.com site and you all just blow it off and don't read it. It's easier to insult your brother than it is to find out the facts. You are doing good men a lot of harm by spreading false information. You may even keep them from going to find out what is wrong with them. "I wasn't in combat so it can't be Agent Orange" "I wasn't in combat so it can't be PTSD".
We have had this discussion over and over again about PTSD being combat related only. Anyone that has done just a small amount of research on PTSD knows that PTSD is not only found in veterans but also in the civilian community. And those pages are posted on this site too.
Livin' the myth? What else could it be? A dead man dx by doctors at Walter Reed Hospital with Agent Orange related cancer. Long before this discussion ever came public. A bro dyin with agent orange related cancer Neither one with "combat" related mos.
I'll tell you, sure wish we would have ran into you boys before the shit hit the fan. We wouldn't have bought into this myth.
For those of you that think I wouldn't defend anyone of you in a heartbeat just back your truck up out of my driveway. You came to late to the party. I have been defending the character of Vietnam Vets most of my adult life. Those that know me know.
www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/air_risc/3_90_023.html
http://www.ejnet.org/dioxin/
Lt..thank you..