Some soldiers remained in military service after their time in Vietnam, and more left the armed forces. The readjustment to society could prove challenging, especially due to the abundance of protests, riots. and radical cultural change, and the growing inflation and unemployment by the 1970s. Vietnam veterans have frequently been viewed as mentally confused, drug-addicted outsiders damaged by their combat and further traumatized by unhappy homecomings; however, the majority made advantageous transitions into postwar society. Though a great deal of veterans suffered from physical as well as mental and emotional scars. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has effected 31 percent of the men and 27 percent of the women (most of which were nurses)
