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A beautiful picture, Irene.
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A beautiful sight to see too. Thanks Robbie.
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very peaceful
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A bit like Halong Bay in Vietnam but less of them.
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not been there, too much association with the veterans …
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That was a war we should never have been in and our treatment of its veterans was reprehensible. I found it interesting the local reaction to those that had either been enemies or allies and it was amazing being in the places such as where the helicopter evacuation in Saigon happened. I could remember the news footage.
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wow that would be an amazing experience.
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It was.
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It does look a little like a beehive! Glad it isn’t though. Very interesting picture!
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Imagine a swarm from a hive that size. Gives me shivers.
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Having recently made friends from the large population of Vietnam vets and their families in my new place, I have a renewed interest in Vietnam. It’s an important part of the circle of healing.
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Yes I don’t know if you treated them better than we treated them here but it was as though they were shunned for participating whereas it was the government that sent them there. An interesting place to visit and see those places that you had seen on the news in black and white.
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We treated our returning Vietnam soldiers horribly. They were screamed at, spit upon, ostracized. I think for the public, the Vietnam War was the first ever televised and presented on the nightly news without the filter of government patriotic propaganda. It was stark and horrific. It was a war against a different culture that fought in expected ways. In the US, the draft was used because no one wanted to sign up and go fight. It was highly unpopular. Fast forward and the struggling Vietnam vets brought the VA and government into the reality of acknowledging PTSD. When the VA realized how badly they treated this population, the vets created the Vet Centers where the VA has to fund it, but is not allowed to access the records of veterans because they no longer trusted the US government. Today the Vet Centers are the only institution dedicated to combat veterans and focused on psychological healing. It’s their legacy in the US.
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We treated our Vietnam veterans atrociously, but it taught us much about the (negative) impact of ignored PTSD and social isolation. Vet Centers are their legacy and I’m grateful because that’s where Todd is getting the care he needs. He served right after Vietnam and all his NCOs were Vietnam vets so he has tremendous respect for them. It does him good, too to have all these Vietnam vets to help him in the circle of healing.
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