Posted by rick kr on March 18, 2012 at 18:24:00 from (67.108.89.119):
In Reply to: OT-American Soldier posted by DH in Carolina on March 18, 2012 at 06:43:05:
Know a few people that are Vietnam vets. Not just enlisted during that time, actual ground combat troops. Lifelong friends, one a sniper, other a ranger in Desert Storm, another a helicopter pilot.
They have told me stories that they experienced, lived through, saw some of their own not live through. I never solict these stories. The stories come out when THEY feel like talking about it. To see them choke/tear up over what they had to do, witnessed, or experienced its almost beyond belief. Imagine these stories are just scratching the surface of whats locked up in their minds. Makes me choked up just listening to them using me as a sounding board.
I don"t know if I could answer your question. But, if this soldier is forced into some kind of court proceedings, I hope his jury is made up of 12 combat soldiers. Similar to the soldiers I know.
And for those of you that have seen combat, you are made a whole lot tougher than probably could ever be put in words.
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