Look Out For Charlies....

Today was a rather interesting day. This semester, I enrolled in a class called the Vietnam War and the American Imagination. We read various books and watched a few movies related to the war. Today, though, was by far the most interesting and worth the exuberant price of the class. We had a panel of Vietnam Vets talk to us and answer our questions. It was good to hear it from the source rather than just read accounts. One guy went back 3 times because of the way the soldiers were being treated when they got home... the whole ridiculous "baby killer" nonsense. He said he felt safer in Nam than he did here. Sad, so very very sad. Another statistic thrown at us by guys who know.... 58,000 U.S. soldiers were killed in Nam. However, 3 times that many committed suicide after the fact. Let's just hope this country has learned their lesson as far as that's concerned.