Army Years
I guess the best way to get over the Army years is to simply get it done. It is not that I want to gloss over an important period; there were too many who had a much more difficult time than I had, many who gave up their lives. hearts. limbs and psyche. I came close enough to several of these kids (because that is what we were then: kids fresh out of high school or college) to understand the probably permanent damage done to their lives. And I do not mean loss of limbs; these is easily identifiable and corrected. I refer to the damage done to their souls and minds. These areas were not so easily identifiable or dealt with. For many, these msny years later, these are still open wounds. It is often said that time is the great healer. However, there are some rifts which may take more years than we may have available, before we are able to make some sense from the overall picture. The year of 1967 may be one such time rift. I went from basic training in Ft. Jackson (just went by the old r...