The myth that started in the 80s is that treatment of returning vietnam vets was terrible on the whole. That it was widespread. That’s untrue. You found two accounts from the 70s where the vets give … (View Post)
It’s not an argument whether there are first hand accounts by vietnam vets. It’s an argument that they are almost certainly lying about it because every incident follows basically the same pattern an… (View Post)
And the articles relates how there are discrepancies now than with Pickett’s original telling, and that it shares the same outline as the urban myth: returning from the airport, hippie spit in them, … (View Post)
I’m talking about in the moment, between ‘67 and the late ‘70’s. Those attitudes toward vietnam vets changed as the broader population began to sympathize more with their horrifying experiences and w… (View Post)