Vietnam
Mandy Munson Period 3 1-5-97 Vietnam The U. ... war in Vietnam was the longest and secand most costly in U. ... Some families of Vietnam War Veterans suffered from the loss of their husband, father, brother, or relative that died in the war. ... Some of the symptoms of PTSD include constanly being bothered by intrusive memories of the Vietnam War in the form of nightmares, flashbacks, and the like; a tendency to withdrawl and stay away from people, or to be numb and have no feelings; and to be easily aroused, angered, or to have a “short fuse. ... The veterans told stories that at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitales and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages iin fashion reminscent of Ghengis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the country side of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war and the normal and very particular ravaging which was done by the applied bombing power of our country.