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I don't have any idea about the Korean Vets... I don't remember anything in the news about them having problems upon their return to the States.
But it was an open secret that the Nam vets were having problems when they returned, and neither the VA nor the DOD was willing to see it as "their's responsibility".
Military people are fond of saying that each war is fought with the previous war's strategy. The stresses on military families, particularly the National Guard, during the Irag/Afganistan conflicts have been enormous.
So I'm angry that it has taken so long for the VA to even start coming to grip with military suicides. It's as though it takes public humiliation to get the VA/DOD moving on a real problem that they should have seen coming.
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