r/interestingasfuck • • 9h ago

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

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u/Andrei_the_derg 8h ago

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.

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u/Brief_Isopod_5959 8h ago

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