Vietnam Effects On Soldiers

Dan Gannon from Mingo Iowa served in Vietnam from 1969-1970 as a platoon leader with the 1st Marine Division. Death is certain in any war but what happens when killing becomes a competition For American soldiers in Vietnam the higher. These interviews were recorded in 1970 by local Pittsburgh Pennsylvania filmmakers and never presented on TV At the time.

New research shows more than a quarter-million Vietnam veterans are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder 40 years. What happens when war pain and addiction collide In the jungles of Vietnam morphine and heroin became more than escape. What happens when a group of men are let loose in the wilderness with no oversight and a simple instruction kill anything that.

Long after the battles are over survivors of the Vietnam War recount how the experience stays still with them and how it changed. Agent Orange was a chemical herbicide used during the Vietnam War that had a devastating impact long after the conflict ended.