Is there anyone on DU-3 who lived through Vietnam War Era..whose life was changed by the DraftWar?

[KoKo]

110. From what I've read from you we are almost same age...

and I wonder if you think the "pain of Vietnam" will ever go away with us?

I'm Old DU like You...but, I never really knew if you support the "Interventions" (that pose for WAR) like we have today as opposed to the Draft where young folks were "inscripted because of a lottery number" and it hit people of all incomes.

I've probably missed you posting on some of this because you and I hung out on different places on DU since we both joined around 2001.

But, given your life changes since then....I'd love to see what YOU FEEL about how Vietnam changed you from what you Would Have Been and if you have regrets about Could Have Been if Vietnam had not been such a huge factor in your life.

What you've done with your life the past few years with your Fire Tower efforts and posts about it here on DU has made me think that you've undergone an incredible revolution in your soul...and a coming to grips that has made you seek some new thrills as you grow older.

Am, I wrong in thinking that you have always been a thrill seeker (a good thing...not a bad thing) but that knocks along the way taught you lessons you might be willing to share with other DU'ers who might be younger..who could benefit from what you've seen in your own life experience?

Also...did you ever have any feeling of PTSD from your flight missions in Vietnam. I've always wondered if you'd ever talk about that.

Peace Mac...(I've loved your FireTower Series on Old DU).....and I know that we've not crossed paths much on Old DU....in years past...although both of us were here in different places on that site.

Can you post something in answer to my question that might help those younger, coming up to understand some part of Vietnam war that they are missing pieces of?