OUTRUN BY SHADOWS: VIETNAMS LASTING HOLD ON US

It became clear. We had to forget forgiveness, redemption, and salvation. There was no deliverance from the things we had done, from what we’d seen. We had no choice but to carry it — irredeemable, unshakable — for the rest of our lives.

The war stayed with us, a stain that no time, prayer, or words could wash clean. Regret, remorse, and sorrow would never leave. It was an illness. It could not be outrun or outgrown. It was there, relentless. The doctors called it PTSD, but those letters didn’t come close to the pain.

The images followed us. They came in dreams, and they came in waking moments. The terror — raw, vicious — always near. Panic, anger, all of it. It turned us cold toward those we loved. We tried drinking] it away, drug it away, but it didn’t work. Some of us didn’t make it. Some became lost to the streets. For those of us still here? We deserved better. But our country turned its back on us. We had answered the call. They would never understand. They couldn’t. And that was Vietnam.

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