Reply #8: a more important question might be...before we get into this... [View All]

[windbreeze]

when, what year, did they actually start diagnosing VietNam vets with PTSD???and acknowledge that their serving in that "conflict" caused it?? did they ever??I thought the PTSD diagnoses for veterans did not start until after the first Gulf War....????I know when my husband came back with obvious mental problems from VietNam, they refused to acknowledge that there was any problem with him..there was no help, no counseling, nothing...take your month's leave, then go to your next duty station and act like a man, there's nothing wrong with you...

I have mixed feelings about opening his military records...but then again...he's vying for the top spot in this nation...anything and everything that impacted his life, should be open to scrutiny...nothing should be hidden...what he went through could very well impact that office he wants to hold...wb