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Originally Posted by angryssg
To add to what 8588 said. You also have to think of the era. Durin the time periods of WWI and WWII it was not "manly to talk about stuff like that" Not that they didnt have the same issues, but just like a boy thinks that it is not ok to cry, it wasnt ok to address mental issues. Add to that the fact that the military started experimenting all sorts of different drugs on US soldiers during Vietnam, Desert Storm and Enduring @ Iraqi Freedom. Also from a medical standpoint pshchology was not as practiced then as it is now.
To sum it up, all war Vets experienced it in every war. Light just wasnt always shed on the matter.
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Also, consider the growing media impact. Vietnam was the first war to really be "televised." Then you had 24 hour news channels with "Desert Storm," and now you have the Internet. There's no longer a filter to the realities and brutalities of war.