When remembering and talking about war veterans we often talk about the battles they fought or the training that they went through. However, this is a very small aspect of veterans military life and experience. There are so much more interesting and fascinating topics to talk about when discussing war veterans. The war veteran I’m researching is John Aguilar. He is a native minnesotan who was a war medic or corpsman during the vietnam war. In this interview and essay, many fascinating aspects of his past military life are talked about including what he did as a medic and his own astonishing war experiences. There are many fascinating things to consider when remembering or discussing military veterans. When remembering vietnam veterans, it is important to consider the effect boot camp has on soldiers, injuries that soldiers have during war, and how veterans are treated by civilians when they come back home. When discussing military related experiences, the effect boot camp has on soldiers is hardly considered or talked about. The following quote from an article on …show more content…
The following is from an article published by Clement, Scott, and Peyton M Craighill. This quote shows how physical or mental injuries during war can lead to mental illness after war.“Wednesday's shooting in Fort Hood, Texas - the third major shooting on a military base in four years - spawned questions about the impact of mental illness and war injuries on the suspected shooter, identified by officials as Army Spec. Ivan Lopez, a veteran of the Iraq war”This quote shows how physical or mental injuries during war can lead to mental illness after