Penwil–I returned as a Captain and had the same experience as your husband–The Viet Nam “experience” has yet to be fully sorted out. Good intentions poorly executed; political expediency; individual bravery and heroism; barbarism. I did admire the true COs who served as medics or chaplain assistants; I even admire Al Gore for serving and I grudgingly respect John Kerry’s service (not knowing the motives). The one thing that is certain is the result of our political ineptitude was the sacrifice of millions of people to the Khymer Rouge and North Vietnamese. How the protestors of the war can sleep knowing that outcome totally escapes me.