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In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war but it wasn't |
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It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting |
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In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26 |
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In Vietnam he was 19 |
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In-in-in Vietnam he was 19 |
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The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today |
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25 miles west of Saigon |
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I really wasn't sure what was going on |
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Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni-19 19 |
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19, 19, 19, 19 |
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In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served |
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A twelve month tour of duty |
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But was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday |
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Ni-ni-ni 19, Ni-ni-ni 19 |
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Hundreds of thousands of men who saw heavy combat |
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In Vietnam were arrested since discharge |
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Their arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same age |
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There are no accurate figures of how many of these men |
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Have been incarcerated |
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But a Veterans Administration study |
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Concludes that the greater of vets |
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Exposure to combat could more likely affect his chances |
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Of being arrested or convicted |
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This is one legacy of the Vietnam War |
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All those who remember the war |
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They won't forget what they've seen |
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Destruction of men in their prime |
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Whose average was 19 |
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De-de-destruction |
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De-de-destruction |
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War, war |
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De-de-destruction, wa, wa, war, wa, war, war |
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De-de-destruction |
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War, war |
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After World War II the men came home together on troop ships |
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But the Vietnam vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combat |
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Perhaps the most dramatic difference between |
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World War II and Vietnam was coming home |
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None of them received a hero's welcome |
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None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of them |
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Ne-ne-ne, ne-ne-ne, none of them, none of them, none of them |
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None of them received a hero's welcome |
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None of them received a hero's welcome |
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According to a Veteran's Administration study |
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Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what |
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Psychiatrists call |
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Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder |
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Many vets complain of alienation, rage or guilt |
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Some succumb to suicidal thoughts |
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Eight to ten years after coming home |
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Almost eight hundred thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War |
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De-de-destruction |
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Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni19 19 |
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19, 19, 19, 19 |
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Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni-19 19 |
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19, 19, 19, 19 |
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When we came back it was different, everybody wants to know |
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"How'd it happened to those guys over there |
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There's gotta be something wrong somewhere |
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We did what we had to do |
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There's gotta be something wrong somewhere |
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People wanted us to be ashamed of what it made us |
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They had no idea where we've been 5 to 10 years now |
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All we want to do is come home |
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All we want to do is come home |
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What did we do it for? |
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All we want to do is come home |
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Was it worth it |
