Just a few after thoughts , having been around for 40 years or so, have come across my share of veterans in my time. Where it has been the time, I had a job in my hometown as a taxi driver briefly. Would get veterans in the back of my cab.My hometown seemed to have quite a few of them . We must have had a large veterans hospital or something. Or the time I was a waiter, also in my hometown. Working the night shift At the 24 hour Howard Johnson’s . There was one gentleman that used to sit alone , and my guess was he couldn'’t sleep(probably the coffee he drank all night didn’t help). Anyway he was a quiet, subdued man. However he had a gentleness about him that I liked. However I could see he was kind of amiss, something wasn’t right. Anyway one night after my shift he asked me to drive him home across town, to the east side of town. Well we talked on the way home, and he told me he was in Vietnam . Although I was only about 24 at the time. Still remember that night .Some 20 years later.


We all see our veterans , some are homeless,others are perfectly fine . I think the author said about 30%(or maybe it was higher)of veterans of Vietnam suffer from PTSD – Post traumatic stress disorder.In some form or another, Including the author himself . After reading some of his sniper missions I can understand why . Just gave me a little bit more insight into the horrors of Vietnam . However it is hard for me to comprehend all of it. Considering I was about 4 years old at the height of it. However one part of the book mentioned the disrespect he received after he came back stateside. Not sure I understand this, considering the soldiers at this time were drafted and didn’t have much of a choice in the matter. As he said” he was just following orders.” Anyway if you have any comments,feel free to leave them .