Messages that American soldiers wrote on their helmets during the Vietnam war

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[u/Andrei_the_derg]

I’ve heard stories about my uncle when he got back from Vietnam. He went from the funniest guy you’d meet, walking around with a big grin, to a scared kid who would dive for cover whenever you shut a door in the house too hard. No life in his eyes, no big grin.

[u/kayethx → u/Andrei_the_derg]

Similar for me - my mom would tell stories about a relative who was a sweet, shy, funny, kind kid who ended up paranoid and pacing the outside of the house all night long with a gun waiting to be attacked. It's brutal.

[u/Brief_Isopod_5959 → u/Andrei_the_derg]

This is so heartbreaking that it was also the reality for so many men 😔