Capable Viet Nam Veterans Begging For Money.

United States
January 13, 2008 3:40pm CST
Why are we seeing capable Viet Nam veterans on the streets begging for money ? Any veterans out there that can answer this ? I've never seen Veterans prior to Viet Nam Veterans that did this have you ?
1 response
@dixie5150 (129)
• United States
14 Jan 08
Maybe because when our WWII vets came home this country honored them. They saw them for the hero's that they were and did everything they could to make their return home as easy as possible. But that didn't happen in vietnam. These poor men who left their families and risked their lives only to come home to people calling them baby killers and spitting on them. Some employers wouldn't give them jobs because they fought in that war, as if they had a choice. But you sure didn't see the ACLU yelling about the injustice of it all!
• United States
14 Jan 08
I saw a Viet Nam vet today begging on the street and I wondered if I should give him something and I also wondered isn't he capable of helping himself ?
• United States
15 Jan 08
Sounds like a great idea to helping the homeless.