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8 unusual facts about Vietnam veteran


Benzodiazepine dependence

A six-year study on 51 Vietnam veterans who were drug abusers of either mainly stimulants (11 people), mainly opiates (26 people), or mainly benzodiazepines (14 people) was carried out to assess psychiatric symptoms related to the specific drugs of abuse.

Clinton Tyree

He was everything desirable in a candidate: a native of Florida, a college football star, and a decorated Vietnam veteran.

Kia Corthron

The plot dealt with a returning Vietnam veteran and his sister, but the success of the short piece was not the plot, it was the impact the play had on the classroom audience.

Man Crazy

At the beginning of the novel her father Luke, a hot tempered Vietnam veteran, is already absent and seemingly hiding out after some unspecified trouble with the law.

Michael Dakin

Michael Farrell Dakin (Mike) is a retired Royal New Zealand Artillery officer, a Vietnam veteran and a management consultant.

Pixel Force: Left 4 Dead

Like its basis game, Pixel Force: Left 4 Dead allows players to play as one or two of the four survivors: Bill, a Vietnam veteran; Francis, a biker; Louis, an office worker; and Zoey, an aspiring film director.

Reach of Love

"Numbers" focuses on a Vietnam veteran who represents all the broken, disenfranchised individuals that JPUSA ministers to every day, while "Empty Hearts"--which kicks off the album with a stirring duet between co-lead singers Glenn and Wendi Kaiser--is about a death that actually took place just outside the Kaisers' apartment window.

Vietnam Veterans

Vietnam veteran, a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War


Anti-war movement

Many Vietnam veterans, including the present Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator John Kerry and disabled veteran Ron Kovic, spoke out against the Vietnam War on their return to the United States.

Chaim F. Shatan

Dr. Shatan had a longtime interest in war and trauma and became deeply involved with Vietnam veterans in the late 1960s, responding to an invitation by one of the founders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Jan Crumb (later known as Jan Barry), to form "rap groups" for veterans to speak about their emerging reactions.

Jack D. Maltester

The resolution was adopted by the body of mayors after vigorous debate that included speeches by conference guest speakers John Kerry and John O'Neill.

The Case Against Barack Obama

Creative Response Concepts also organized publicity for Unfit for Command by John O'Neill and Jerome Corsi, and for the 527 group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 United States presidential election.

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

A Vietnam veteran who lives at the V.A. Hospital escapes and builds an underground fortress next to the highway.

W. D. Ehrhart

William Daniel Ehrhart (born September 30, 1948 in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, writer, scholar and Vietnam veteran.


see also

4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron

The idea of a more realistic training program for the Air Force was devised by USAF Colonel Gail Peck, a Vietnam veteran F-4 pilot, who was dissatisfied with his service's fighter pilot training.

Keith Famie

Personal interviews, music and Motown, the meaning of the POW bracelet and the emotional view on the 'Wall That Heals' - a half-scaled replica of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial in Washington, D.C. We salute our Vietnam veteran heroes for their patriotism and honor them for their service, courage and sacrifice.

Mike Crites

A Vietnam veteran, Crites received the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, and various campaign and service awards, including the Vietnam Service Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Stolen Valor

Vietnam veteran Dave Curry, in a review published by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, accused Burkett and his coauthor of displaying political partisanship, making "errors in research methodology," making misleading statements about Winter Soldier Investigation participants, and denigrating the experiences and motives of veterans who subsequently opposed the war.

The 'Nam

Vietnam veteran Don Lomax, creator of the independent title Vietnam Journal, took over writing duties for The 'Nam in the early 1990s.