This should be number one. It’s not just about the trauma these people face but rather the fact that it’s all based on greed, corruption, lies, and hatred of the American people at large, and anyone who isn’t in the ruling class.

This is horrible.

First they experience war on the outside, then war on the inside. It all leaves scars. We need to talk more about this</3

Short but strong

Thank you for your service. I am sick that has happened.Please know you are not dishonored by many, many people in the U.S. and the world. You are a hero in my eyes.

This is so sad :( That poor man!

"You guys sent him back in a box" is literally the most heartbreaking thing ever

oh wow these... they're powerful

I am sorry for the injustice your people have suffered.

*Disposable heroes by Metallica plays in background*

"😭" doesn't cut it. I died a little inside thinking of these two brothers. One dead, one the closest thing to death that isnt, because of military duty. A family ruined. What hit me hardest was "I don't know where he is or if he's still alive." I have two siblings and can't imagine anything like this, but I'm sure that they couldn't either, until it actually happened

I dont even know why I'm trying to explain this but here goes - logical thinking and understanding cause and effect might be significantly blurred in people suffering from PTSD. You can't even begin to comprehend the complex mindset one must be in when committing suicide.

Almost every conflict that we’ve ever been involved in has been for the express benefit of imperialist scum. It’s never been about protecting America.

And now some f*****s think it makes some kind of dog damned sense to set off fireworks for f*****g MEMORIAL Day. WTF? THREE DAYS of fireworks this weekend. Never before have I noticed fireworks set off for MEMORIAL DAY.

I think it's hi-time we ALL talk about this.

Hold on a minute, your grandmother knocked out your uncle with a frying pan?

God, that is so sad, so young...

Three fewer friends!!!!, boy that statement did hit me hard!

Jesus, that's so heartbreaking even to read... what the person is experiencing and is really living with all this is unimaginable for me. I have no words to say! :(

This one really got to me... so upsetting T_T

"haven't seen him since 1993" ...

A veteran describing how his life has fallen apart telling people to love one another. He's showing more courage then tangerine turd could ever even dream off.

“Some folks are born Made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no senator's son, son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, no”

My grandfather on my dad's side did not serve, but he grew up in a WWII-era Taiwan occupied by the Japanese. As he aged, he got dementia, and even though he loved everything Japan- Japanese was his preferred language- he hated the bombs. Planes would fly over our house and he would cry and tell us that "they" were coming and they were going to bomb us and he needed to save us. I was four years old and I didn't understand. I laughed and told him they were just jets. Then one day a couple years ago my sister reminded me of those days and I was just like "Holy f***k oh my god I get it now." But my Akong is long dead and there is nothing I could do anymore. By the time I could do something, I cpuldnt. Goes to show, you don't have to serve. War is scarring all around. It may benefit the state but it destroys the individual.

I agree!

I’m really sorry. Going into any type of military services can be scarring

I'm- I'm done. Starting this post was a mistake. I need memes. Now.

Funny thing about the military is that contracts are only allowed to be broken by the military...

Same

My brother served in VietNam as a Marine Scout/Sniper. On his return home, he was afraid to sleep in-doors. He slept in our back yard for months. (Always with a rifle). He tried really hard to adjust; he married, they had a baby, he had a good job. But as a year passed, he drank and smoked and God knows what else and the gradual change in him sped up. He was killed in a motorcycle/vehicle accident in 1972 and our little family, his little family were and continue to be just wrecked. People, please understand these Vets need so much help after their service because all governments only use them as cannon fodder. They were never expected to come home alive. The U.S. Government still thinks of them as expendables and they always will.