Monday of this week I had my first VA Clinic appointment. It took about three months to be approved and after I was approved it was another couple of months till my first appointment which was Monday.
I was very impressed with the quality of care I was given. Everyone I met was super kind to me and everyone thanked me for my service to our Country. It was the first time ever that anyone thanked me for my service.
I served during the Vietnam (Conflict) War. The guys coming back from the service were not welcomed as the returning heros. We were known as "baby killers" and some other nice terms. What was so bad was we didn't want to go to start with. Those that had political pull were admitted to join the National Guard or some other reserve unit that would not see any chance of action. Today it is the Guard that goes, so times have changed.
I find myself at odds, sometimes, with people my age over political matters and the first thing that crosses my mind is, "Did you serve in the military?" because if you didn't don't lecture me about all of your rights.
None of us wanted to go and my room mate in Junior College even faked his hearing test to fail and not be drafted. I legitimately had a bad ear and was told that "Uncle Sam only wants you to have one good ear, son".
I went, I served and I came home again. I was one of the lucky ones. The average age of those killed in Vietnam was 18 years old. At that time we couldn't drink if we wanted to and we couldn't even vote. At that time the voting and drinking age was 21. In other words we were considered to be children.
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