Poleshifter Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 7 hours ago, EasternOHBillsFan said: He's not wrong... my father came back from Vietnam a raging alcoholic and he turned his life around after marrying my mother. Until you have someone in your family who actually was there who knows what it was like, I'd stay silent. I served in Georgia (USA) and Germany, and heard stories from vets back from 'Nam. Readily available over there were "smack-erettes", cigarettes full of heroin. I am grateful to God I was never sent to that country. Cheap heroin and plenty of reasons to lose yourself in it. Or alcohol, as your Dad found out. I hope he is still OK after all these years. It has been said that you lose a piece of your soul when you have been in combat. I can only imagine the horror some of those men endured. A life changing experience, and not for the better. 1 1
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