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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 07:28 AM
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Did anyone watch Vietnam: American Holocast the other nite on FSTV?
I TIVOed it to watch later, and later came last evening.

After 40 fucking years, I could only watch 20 minutes or so.
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 07:37 AM
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1. no.,,,but That's how I felt with Hurt Locker
people who haven't been there don't understand,friend.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 07:46 AM
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2. I still can't watch any of the movies about Vietnam
I've been home for 40 years and a few days now
rec
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 07:51 AM
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3. After I got back, I felt the same.
The first Vietnam-related thing I saw was Carol Burnett's "Friendly Fire" in the late 80s.

I started reading stuff about Vietnam after that.

"The Tunnels Of Chu Chi" was a pretty interesting book. It's amazing to think that the VC/NVA actually had tunnels under the base I was stationed at.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-10 08:35 AM
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4. I know I should come to grips with my time in Vietnam
but as of now I still can't talk about it much. I've expressed more about my experience here on DU than I have in person.
I went for an interview for PTSD last week and the memories that dredged up I don't care to repeat.

All I know for a fact is I came home a very different person than I was prior
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