Originally Posted by deltav

I know a couple guys back from both places who struggle with that stuff daily. I've also seen people dear to me totally lose their shit because of PTSD from Vietnam or Korea, when a helicopter flew overhead or in one case when a fucking radio broadcast came on during the 1st Iraq war. In those instances, they were completely "back there" mentally, it was really really intense and scary for all involved. When a loved family member is huddled in a supermarket aisle because for all intents & purposes he's back at Chosin with frostbite in his feet and getting shot at by the Chinese and thinks he's going to die, and is screaming at you and everyone else nearby, welp... it's fucked up.