Prior Knowledge
When the United States pulled out of the war in 1973 a lot of soldiers had come home to their families. Many people were against the war and didn’t support the soldiers and what they were doing during the war. Many protests about the war had happened over the years and people lost interest in it. Leading up to the last days in combat many soldiers were still fighting in the war. They were pulled out of the battle field put on a plane and were sent home. When they had gotten back to America it was hard for most of them to get back into routine of a normal life style. Years after the war many men had begin to suffer form post traumatic stress disorder. Unfortunately years after the United States pulled out of the war the North Vietnamese were able to take over the South and Vietnam had become a communist country. We did loose the Battle against to the North and the Vietcong.
When the United States pulled out of the war in 1973 a lot of soldiers had come home to their families. Many people were against the war and didn’t support the soldiers and what they were doing during the war. Many protests about the war had happened over the years and people lost interest in it. Leading up to the last days in combat many soldiers were still fighting in the war. They were pulled out of the battle field put on a plane and were sent home. When they had gotten back to America it was hard for most of them to get back into routine of a normal life style. Years after the war many men had begin to suffer form post traumatic stress disorder. Unfortunately years after the United States pulled out of the war the North Vietnamese were able to take over the South and Vietnam had become a communist country. We did loose the Battle against to the North and the Vietcong.
Interviewee
Coming home for many soldiers was a different experience. The men in my unit were taken out of combat but the unit stayed and new men came into the unit to fight. Returning home for many soldiers was difficult. Many didn’t want to see their families and friends right away. The day before they had just been in combat fighting for their lives and for their country, that they were returning to. It was like going from two different worlds and many men didn’t know how to handle the situation. By the time we all had returned home many people were protesting the war. There were protests everywhere. A very famous protest was Kent State. The soldiers returning home were looked at to be the enemy in the situation not the heroes. This was hard for us to cope with , but it was what life was going to be like for awhile. I had made my way back home, to New Jersey where I approached my house. I noticed that I didn't have a key to get into my house so I had to knock and wait for someone to answer. When I saw my dad for the first time it put us both in shock. Returning back to my normal life was hard. I had terrible night mares and I never went a day without thinking about the people who were over in Vietnam still fighting and what my own experience was like. Still to this day I have nightmares but there comes a time that you realize that its going to happen and you realize you have to deal with it because that terrible experience is now apart of your life.
Coming home for many soldiers was a different experience. The men in my unit were taken out of combat but the unit stayed and new men came into the unit to fight. Returning home for many soldiers was difficult. Many didn’t want to see their families and friends right away. The day before they had just been in combat fighting for their lives and for their country, that they were returning to. It was like going from two different worlds and many men didn’t know how to handle the situation. By the time we all had returned home many people were protesting the war. There were protests everywhere. A very famous protest was Kent State. The soldiers returning home were looked at to be the enemy in the situation not the heroes. This was hard for us to cope with , but it was what life was going to be like for awhile. I had made my way back home, to New Jersey where I approached my house. I noticed that I didn't have a key to get into my house so I had to knock and wait for someone to answer. When I saw my dad for the first time it put us both in shock. Returning back to my normal life was hard. I had terrible night mares and I never went a day without thinking about the people who were over in Vietnam still fighting and what my own experience was like. Still to this day I have nightmares but there comes a time that you realize that its going to happen and you realize you have to deal with it because that terrible experience is now apart of your life.
When men left their unit they were replaced by new fresh men. When soldiers returned home many did not see their families for various amounts of times. The reasons they did not see their loved ones was because of post traumatic stress disorder which was very common in all soldiers. When his unit returned home there were many protest. Coming home they were treated like they were the enimies they were fighting in Vietnam. I was surprised on how badly they were treated when they got home it was like people didn't even care about him. My favorite part of the whole interview was when he told me what it was like when he first saw his dad.