Vietnam War Veterans

Four years after the first withdrawal of the US battalion, the last US combat unit finally left South Vietnam on March 29, 1973. A total of approximately 5 million Americans served in the Vietnam War. They are not only soldiers but also officials, consultants, nurses, doctors, and other troops supporting the Republic of Vietnam. American soldiers are coming home, but the influence of the war still remains on the shoulder.

When American soldiers returned from World War II, they were called heroes. In commemoration of their sacrifice, a parade was held everywhere. Unfortunately, these honors seem luxurious for veterans of the Vietnam War. They are being abused. Several veterans recalled that when they just landed, people demonstrated against them. "A lot of people spit us and said that we are rude." The Vietnam War broke the American society. People are full of doubts about their righteousness. In addition, Vietnam is a very unpopular war compared to World War II. As a result, American citizens try to forget it and often forget veteran officers.

Most veterans are successful in transitioning to a civilian life, but many do not. Approximately 150,000 people are injured or disconnected at home and at least 21,000 people have permanent disability and can not work hard. To make matters worse, they could not get appropriate and necessary assistance. Most Vietnamese veterans come from low-income working-class families. Because they can not afford to buy private health care, they can only receive treatment at a dirty public hospital.

Many veterans will return home with not only physical pain but also psychological problems. They are still experiencing depression, flashback, nightmare, loneliness, being unable to approach others. The psychological problem that many veterans have is called posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to a study, about 700,000 Vietnamese veterans came home with post-traumatic stress disorder. However, the veteran government did not acknowledge its existence until 1979.

In addition to medical care, making a living is also a big problem for these veterans. Compared to the veteran of World War II, Vietnamese veteran provided $ 200 per month for monthly service and received not only government support but also university tuition fee. About 250,000 Vietnamese veterans could not find a job after completing military service. Some of them committed a crime. In 10 years since I returned to China, 25% of Vietnam war veterans were arrested on charges. More than 100,000 Vietnam war veterans (actual numbers far higher) suicide after the war because they have to bear so much pain and even have to be abandoned even by their own people and the country Did. Up

Following the long-term abuse of Vietnam war veterans, the American public began to change their perception in the 1980s. They began to notice that most men are only making real soldiers. Veterans of Vietnam war veterans gradually gained recognition. On 13th November 1982, the Veteran Veteran Memorial Museum was dedicated to celebrate its sacrifice in Washington, DC.

The differences between veterans of Afghanistan war and Iraq war veterans and veterans in Vietnam include age, gender, presence or absence of marital status. Compared with Vietnam war veterans, most Iraq wars and Afghan war veterans started warfare at a younger age, including more women. In addition, veterans of the Iraq War and Afghanistan War are unlikely to have marriage, divorce, divorce or imprisonment history. According to Fontana and Rosenheck (2008), the difference between veterans' attributes and mental health in the Iraq War and the Afghan War is a major influence on the Veterans Affairs (VA) plan and treatment plan compared with Vietnamese war veterans May be given. They have reached this conclusion by comparing war veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Persian Gulf War hospitalized for four outpatients and veterans' samples of Vietnam.

The US Veterans Affairs Bureau estimates that 830,000 Vietnam war veterans suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The Vietnam War Veterans Adjustment Survey (NVVRS) revealed that during the study period 15.2% of men and 8.5% of Vietnamese women veterans suffer from current post traumatic stress disorder. The lifetime prevalence of post traumatic stress disorder was 30.9% in males and 26.9% in females. In contrast to the preliminary analysis of NVVRS data, in the data from the reanalysis of NVVRS data and the data from Matsunaga Vietnam Veteran Veteran Project Schnurr, Lunney, Sengupta and Waelde, the vast majority of Vietnamese veterans showed posttraumatic stress disorder Symptoms suffering (not the disease itself). The fifth quarter reports the latest symptoms in an interview 20 to 25 years after Vietnam