I see two pictures in my mind:
One a callous young man who just followed orders and did what soldiers have to do to win a war.
The other, a young soldier shaking his head in disbelief that he killed a woman when he aimed at an armed enemy.

Both of these young men will need our help when they return home if they are ever to resume a "normal" life. The damage to their minds and hearts is in some ways more insidious than the loss of an arm or a leg or an eye. Outside they will look the same; inside ...deep, permanent changes.

Sorry to keep harping on it but once the parades and flag waving are over, we have a moral obligation to care for these people. Actually, I am not sorry. Afterwards we damn well better take care of them and repay them for their sacrifices.