It Was All Absurd, Without Reason Or

And I Think That It's - The Military Has Actually Made Improvements, So People Are Considering Post-traumatic Stress Disorder As, At The Least, A Possible Psychological Problem. You Know, When I Was In Vietnam, It Was Just Considered Malingering. And We're Making Progress.

Vietnam Was The First Time That Americans Of Different Races Had To Depend On Each Other. In The Second World War, They Were Segregated; It Was In Vietnam That American Integration Happened In The Military - And It Wasn't Easy.

In The Military I Could Exercise The Power Of Being Automatically Respected Because Of The Medals On My Chest, Not Because I Had Done Anything Right At The Moment To Earn That Respect. This Is Pretty Nice. It's Also A Psychological Trap That Can Stop One's Growth And Allow One To Get Away With Just Plain Bad Behavior.

The Marine Corps Taught Me How To Kill, But It Didn't Teach Me How To Deal With Killing.

How Could You Get Mad At Someone Who Neither Needed To Attack Nor Was At All Worried About Being Able To Defend? It Was Like Getting Mad At Switzerland.