Former President George Washington said, “The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation. Looking back to World War II, our Veterans came home as heroes and the communities treated them as heroes. Levittown actually was built to help house the returning veterans as were other areas. True, it was just war and they won.
From 1950 - 1953 we were involved in the Korean War. There were no winners. As the veterans returned home they were ignored because our government labeled the war a police action.
In 1964 we entered the Vietnam war; many were opposed that our country was against us entering. Many men actually ran up to Canada to avoid the draft. Our troops were sent to fight until 1975. One of the main issues they faced was that the enemy wore civilian clothing instead of uniforms. When they were returning home they were spit on, cursed, and called baby killers. The commanders ordered them not to wear their uniforms when returning home. In 1973 the draft ended creating an all volunteer military.
The 9/11 attack led us into war against Iraq and Afghanistan in 2001 - 2021 when President Biden removed the troops, leaving behind the American civilians and our military supplies. Unfortunaly our troops considered it a surrender and that caused them more guilt and shame even though they were not the ones that surrendered. Their main problem was that the enemy also wore civilian clothing and included women and children. Having to shoot them, many of our troops suffered moral injury and are the majority of the military and veteran suicides’.
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