The Vietnam Veterans

Affects the Vietnam War had on Veterans The Vietnam War started on November 1st, 1955 and lasted until April 30th, 1975. There were 58,220 American casualties recorded to date, but there are so many more lives lost not on record. The U.S entered the war to stop the communist takeover of South Vietnam because we thought it would trigger “The Domino Theory.”The Vietnam War affected the soldiers who fought in it by causing long-term injuries, addiction, and P.T.S.D. The Vietnam War caused many…

The Vietnam War Veterans Current Mental Health Status By Anabel Rotger The aim of this paper is to explore the current mental health of the aging Veteran population that served during the Vietnam War. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2009 there were 9 million veterans in the United States age 65 and older (Ferrini & Ferrini, pg. 414). The Vietnam War Veterans are vivid proof of long-term negative consequences of combat exposure in different ways. After a long period of disservice and…

help overcome this disorder; I believe that the best way is to get treatment through therapy. Soldiers returning home from war are most likely not going to forget what happened; As a matter of fact, “A study found that about 11 percent of Vietnam combat veterans today still deal with the intrusive nightmares and memories and the tendency toward isolation, numbness and anxiety that come with PTSD.…

gave a speech during the civil war. He stood and said “To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.” Until forever we will keep Lincoln's promise to our veterans and their families because the world cares too much about the people who fight in the war. We care for veterans when they get hurt. We give them a leg, an arm, anything for them. While his wife and children are home worrying about him they still pull through with it and trust the nurses that are…

Vietnam Veteran Interview I had the opportunity to interview my grandfather and my great uncle about their experience in the Vietnam war. Their stories were very interesting, and I was lucky to have heard about their views on the war. My grandfather had not fought in the Vietnam war, but he was in the army. My grandfather had been in the National Guard, his unit, the one hundred and fourth cavalry, was oftenly called to help in emergencies such as strikes, protests, fires, and floods. At the…

past a veteran, Korean War, Cold War, WW2 or 1 veteran, or a Vietnam veteran? I know one Vietnam veteran in particular, my Uncle Larry. Whenever I go to his house, all I can see is patriotic vibes. Whenever I hang out with him, he tells stories about his times when he was a soldier, deployed in Vietnam. But, there is one memory that really stuck with me. It was his happiness. He would joke with me all day and it would brighten my day. The mainstream media always portrays Vietnam veterans as…

study utilized a sample of 20 Vietnam combat veterans who were randomly assigned to one of three groups, one of which being EMDR (Albright & Thyer, 2009). While the therapist used in this study was EMDR trained, the extent of that training was not indicated. Only two sessions were provided, and repeated measures ANOVA yielded no significant effects for any of the psychological measures (Albright & Thyer, 2009). The second study utilized 25 Vietnam combat veterans who were randomly assigned to…

Characterization Vietnam Veteran I interviewed Sargent Jim Dombrowski, a Vietnam Veteran at the VFW in Jonesboro, GA. He is now a 68 years old retired Veteran. His physical appearance was somewhat neglected. He was drinking a cold beer and smoking a cigarette. He served from 1965 to 1967. When I started with the interview Sargent Dombrowski looked a little tense, I could also observe his anger and pain in his eyes, but at the same time he was excited to start with the interview. He has five…

After the famed Vietnam Veterans Memorial, she worked on the design of the Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama in 1989. In 1993, her design for the land sculpture of Groundswell at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus was influenced by her study of the Zen gardens and the Native…

The idea of the Vietnam memorial came from a man named Jan Scruggs, this was during the time period when “post-traumatic stress disorder” came into phycologists’ vocabulary and his vision for the memorial was to serve as a healing action for the veterans that served. Scruggs said that he wanted the memorial to serve a purpose for “veterans themselves, who had endured not only the trauma of combat but a crushing rejection from…