In the meantime, according to NPR, eighteen veterans commit suicide in the USA every day. A lot of them are Viet Nam vets and almost all suffer from some effect of whatever conflict they were in.

On the other hand, I heard a wonderful piece, yesterday, on NPR about homeless vets being helped by former homeless vets. It was really uplifting and humbling to hear about.

So here's not only to the fallen, but those who go on and try to live out their lives despite such great odds.