Why do soldiers who fought in Vietnam see their experience as unique
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Why do soldiers who fought in Vietnam see their experience as unique? For Australia, Vietnam was the longest war and it was the first war brought into Australian homes by television. 'For those of those of us who did the fighting it was a maddeningly without the front lines, against an enemy that often wore civilian clothing, and where the only clear objective was the 'body count''. But this war did not only last while the soldiers were fighting the war at Vietnam, War Veterans have fought for their rights for over 30 years, and claiming help from the government for over 20 years.
Every war begins as one war and ends as two; that watched by civilians and that fought by soldiers. Vietnam veterans as any other veterans from any war suffered and still suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD can be traced as far as the ancient Greek's, only the name has changed over time. During World War I it was known as "Shell Shock" and in World War II and Korea some of the terms used for this psychological syndrome were "Combat Neurosis", "Combat Fatigue" and Combat Exhaustion". But apart form being present at every war for centuries, Vietnam, compared to any twentieth century war had different factors that could aggravate this phenomenon.
For Soldiers, Vietnam was not clear...