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Veterans

southernyankeebelle

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1. I don't know a soldier who doesn't think of a war he/she has been in. My dad was a WWII vet

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 06:34 AM

Mar 2013

wounded. He slept with a baseball bat next to his bed til the day he died. Some people think you come home and your suppose to forget about the hell but it isn't easy. That is why it's good for guys like him to get together with other vets and they can talk to each. At least they can talk about the hell. Civilians don't get it.

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Army veteran still thinks about Iraq War 'every single day' [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

I don't know a soldier who doesn't think of a war he/she has been in. My dad was a WWII vet southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #1

My wife doesn't get it Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #2