Vietnam Veterans Research Paper

What if I could tell you that you could be hurt and not even know it. By the time you realize something is wrong it’s been so long that you are now confused and have no clue why you hurt the way you do. There is an average of twenty-two veterans a day that commit suicide. Of those, a majority of them are Vietnam Veterans. That war has been over for decades so why did it take so long for a soldier with suspected PTSD to finally have enough? Sebastian Junger believes that it is not war that affects a soldier after their military service, it is rather the society in which we live and the culture shock of what you were and what you now are. Leading into his talk, Sebastian made a point that initially makes no sense. Wars throughout the years that America has fought in have a causality rate that has gradually decreased, yet the disability rate of veterans has drastically increased. This could be caused by the inability for organizations like the Veterans Administration to be as active and willing to help veterans with issues that they have. Or, it could be that fighting is
By active combat I mean getting shot at, shooting back, and seeing those close to you make the ultimate sacrifice. Now, take that ten percent and add another forty to it. This is the percentage of veterans who have filed disability claims for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
On average 20 veterans commit suicide a day. A majority of those numbers are from the Vietnam war. In 2014 65% of Veterans that committed suicide were the age of 50 and older. Also of total number of suicides rose, women suicide rates jumped 85% (Zoroya). Why would an individual who struggles with war wait fifty years to finally give up? When women were not allowed to participate in combat operations, until recently, why would their rates be so high? The answer, according to Sebastian, is war had nothing to do with