Re: OT - Veterans' Day tribute

Grandpa Chuck <Grandpa Chuck@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:36:10 GMT, Chief <Chief@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Grandpa Chuck <Grandpa Chuck@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>news:bre1o1tgsocg45s3g8hv5jd59e2lmaq9kc@xxxxxxx:
>
>>>
>>> He is still fighting PTS so doesn't talk much about it. His
>>> psychologist/counselor/or whatever the person is tells our daughter
>>> that Scott may never be able to open up about what he witnessed.
>>
>>That's a shame. I had some good friends that were messed up from
>>Desert Storm. I guess Vietnam helped with that for me.
>>
>>The men I knew were good guys and I have no doubt they were
>>casualities of Desert Storm. They all were really pissed after the
>>treatment they got from the VA and the military. Some of them couldn't
>>even get their families to believe them. That is probably the worst
>>part of things like that. I'm sure it was like that for every war but
>>at least it does look like they are starting to do a little better.
>
> His PTS didn't rear its ugly head until he was training with his
> troops for this war. He was a Sergeant (Staff Sergeant I think) in
> charge of a group. He started having night terrors and his blood
> pressure went through the ceiling. After his diagnosis he was released
> on a medical disability discharge. He didn't want to take the
> disability payments but they persuaded him to take them and put the
> money in their two little daughters' college funds.
>
> One of his soldiers told him, "I want to be a soldier just like you."
> before he left. A good friend took his place. His friend was killed
> and the soldier that told him that is now missing an eye and an arm.
>
> He doesn't talk much to our daughter about the guilt he must feel.
> However, some nights he has those terrible nightmares. Our daughter
> says she can't wake him from them and he has asked her to not touch
> him when he is in one. Afterward he will usually wake up and hold our
> daughter and shake for several minutes. He is such a great guy,
> husband and father. We just hate to see him go through all this. We
> pray for them every night before we turn the lights off.
>
>>
>>
>>> A friend did send me pictures of those darned spiders. At first I
>>> thought the pictures had been faked, but he swore they were real. I
>>> can't imagine waking up to find one of those in the room with me!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>They are amazingly ugly animals. As a spiderphobic I spent the entire
>>war sleeping in the seat of my aircraft and when nature called I drew
>>my 9mm and checked the clip was full.
>

I know guys that been going through this since Vietnam but most figure
out a way to cope. It's hard on the families because there is no stump or
scar to remind them that their loved one is a war casuality. It tough on
everone because of that. Goodluck -

.

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