In the story called, "Tom"s war", the person talks about how he came home from Vietnam and how he wasn't worried anymore about being socially acceptable and that it took him a while to heal emotionally and physically. I think their purpose for telling this story is to reach out to all the other people who is shocked from the war and let them know that you're not alone. This is because everyone who comes back from a war is traumatized from what they've seen and they will have a hard time adjusting to their normal life. While listening, people might feel/think melancholy because he started crying when there was a movie about the Vietnam war at his work place. This person's story is important because it shows you the trouble he had gone through
