My Thoughts While Walking Point in the Arizona Territory Many Vietnam veterans struggled upon returning to the United States. They wrestled with the psychic trauma of the war and felt isolated and out of place, rejected by their country. As point man, the greater danger wasn’t from an ambush or getting shot from a sniper, it was from the booby…
For all of you smokers back in the day, which brand did you prefer and which brand did you smoke while living in the rice patties, mountains, and jungles of Vietnam? It appeared that many (about 60%) of the soldiers in my platoon smoked. Every C-Ration meal contained a single four-pack of cigarettes; ten different brands were primarily offered, but…