Motor-T
02-09-03, 01:16 PM
I got this off the 4th Bn. 12th Marines Kilo Battery web site.
'Shell Shocked' 'Post Traumatic Stress Syndome'. You've heard the names. You've seen the faces. The blank stares. The 1000 meter stare. Gaunt eyes look out and see nothing. It happened in the First One, The Second One, Korea,Vietnam and the Gulf.It is indiginous to war. Healthy men and women. No shrapnel,bullet wounds,or malaria become casualties of war. Trapped inside themselves. Victims of their demons. Demons that sap sleep and replace it with the hauntings of war. These are the forgotten ones.There are no monuments erected to them. No medals issued for their pain. They quietly languish in Veterans Hospitals across the nation. They are caught in time. Unable to escape. They need help. The Veterans Administration has cut back drasticlally on their budget. The forgotten Ones slip deeper into time as a result.
You can make a difference. You owe it to them to make a difference. A trip to a hospital to say hello. A few words from someone whos been there,seen the horrors they have seen,can perform miracles. Just to listen. Just to let them know they aren't forgotten can make a monumental difference in their lives and yours.
'Shell Shocked' 'Post Traumatic Stress Syndome'. You've heard the names. You've seen the faces. The blank stares. The 1000 meter stare. Gaunt eyes look out and see nothing. It happened in the First One, The Second One, Korea,Vietnam and the Gulf.It is indiginous to war. Healthy men and women. No shrapnel,bullet wounds,or malaria become casualties of war. Trapped inside themselves. Victims of their demons. Demons that sap sleep and replace it with the hauntings of war. These are the forgotten ones.There are no monuments erected to them. No medals issued for their pain. They quietly languish in Veterans Hospitals across the nation. They are caught in time. Unable to escape. They need help. The Veterans Administration has cut back drasticlally on their budget. The forgotten Ones slip deeper into time as a result.
You can make a difference. You owe it to them to make a difference. A trip to a hospital to say hello. A few words from someone whos been there,seen the horrors they have seen,can perform miracles. Just to listen. Just to let them know they aren't forgotten can make a monumental difference in their lives and yours.