re: #218 Gus 802

Right. There a lot of things involved. Someone that’s been in country for months and has seen his friends die at the hands of the enemy. Then it transcends any notion of patriotism and can become a rather personal experience. You’re out there, all alone, with your friends.

I think it really falls back on the draft. When you don’t have a volunteer army, you don’t have as well trained soldiers. Also, there was a lot of reported drug abuse by soldiers in Vietnam.