A story of shell-shock
One of my boyfriends so many years ago was so anxious about going to Viet Nam that he talked his doctor into lying on his medical form. His great fear was that having had scarlet fever as a kid, he would not be allowed to go. He had been raised, he told me later, to fight WWII over again. His parents were both Army, having served in the Pacific as a pilot and a nurse. He ended up flying helicopters in Nam, unable to qualify as a pilot. But that is other stories. This is the story of his stint in... Sign in to see full entry.