My brother went to nam before i did, he was back by the time i got in country, but i had an uncle there, my father's youngest brother when i went, he DEROS'd before i did tho.
As for Nam Vet's talking about it, few do unless its to another vet who also served there, reason seems to b that other than that, no opne quite grasps what it was like....
That and the fact that returnin Nam Vets didn't get the best of treatment, even from the general public...
I came back to the world thru Oakland, when we debarked there were a crown of protesters marchin about, most of em grungy hippie types who obviously never served in any capacity protestin US as if we were murderers and such.
Almost went to the stockade bout that, i went off n charged em...