I returned from
Vietnam in 1970 and
the war was over in
1975 and over 58,000
died in that war and
twice as many Americans
committed suicide
after it was over.
As I write this in late
2016, 22 Veterans a
day still commit suicide
as the dying still persists.
Doesn't anyone wonder
why so many Veterans
have to still die after all
of these years and why
doesn't anybody question
this useless dying of 22
Veterans every day
or does anyone care that
this dying still persists.
Jon York 2016 - USMC, Vietnam 69 - 70
Nov 21, 2016
Nov 21, 2016 at 7:07 PM UTC
I returned from
Vietnam in 1970 and
the war was over in
1975 and over 58,000
died in that war and
twice as many Americans
committed suicide
after it was over.
As I write this in late
2016, 22 Veterans a
day still commit suicide
as the dying still persists.
Doesn't anyone wonder
why so many Veterans
have to still die after all
of these years and why
doesn't anybody question
this useless dying of 22
Veterans every day
or does anyone care that
this dying still persists.
Jon York 2016 - USMC, Vietnam 69 - 70
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