Trust me, I was spat upon a couple of times myself. not just here but also in england. it was as you say a ugly time. No one is more anti-war than the grunts out there fighting it. but we thought we were doing what we were required to do under the constitution (I had just become a citizen) and did my duty. I am still rather bitter about the treatment I recieved upon my return. The veterans money in Ill. had been used up giving loans to stuidents to buy houses. p.s. I spent 10 years in S.E.A.