I once had the opportunity with several others to talk with Carlos Hathcock. Someone asked him if he had nightmares over some of the things that he saw and did. I believe that his response was something along the lines of: "Combat affects differerent people in different ways. I saw my job as just that, a job. If I took somebody out I looked on it as well: He won't be able to hurt any of our guys anymore." I guess different people have different levels of tolerance to things that happen in combat. One of my best friends was an Air Police Officer in a place called Phu Kat. A mortar round blasted his observation tower out from under him & he took a pretty good hit. He's now the same guy that I knew before Nam although he doesn't like to talk about the war very much.
Different Strokes for Different Folks, I guess.
Best Regards, George
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