It might be worth a visit. I spent the fall of '69 there, pounding the bush. We hit a land mine, and we both went home alive.
I'm getting re-evaluated for PTSD...something they never considered in the Vietnam era. I had real anger and depression issues that put a terrible strain on my family and ruined my first marriage. Started anti-depressants 22 tears ago. The VA just started charging me for the meds "because it wasn't service related". Fuck that! Flying back to the PNW in 11 days so I can have the video interview with a psychologist. They can ONLY interview in WA state, because she is only licensed to practice there.
I saw some pretty awful shit. Bodies mutilated, villages burned, children wounded by our careless actions, water boarding, and gave myself up for dead after a few months of that shit. Saw two lieutenants go home in body bags and a dozen friends. I knew I wasn't going home ever again. I still can see it all. I don't have nightmares or dreams about it any longer, but there were several times when I lucked out and just shouldn't have made it out alive. I'm hoping they can identify my experience as PTSD. If I am not identified as such, someone is going to have to tell me what PTSD is.
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