War Law: You Break Them You Owe Them

Wherever you send them and whenever you send them, you better make damn sure you are ready to take care of them when they come home. All this nonsense about them fighting to have their wounds taken care of and their ability to support their families is not worthy of debate unless you want to debate their worthiness! Next time Congress authorizes any funds for war or for the VA they should include a new War Law stating that if they are wounded, have their futures challenged in any way, shape or form, this nation owes them! If they are to risk their lives for the sake of the nation, this nation owes them. kc

“I didn't really deal with it all,” he said. “I just thought it was part of the aftermath. I just thought it was normal.”

Getting the word out about county's veterans services

By JASON HARRIS
Burlington County Times

Like a lot of Vietnam veterans, Frank Schuyler, 59, used to cringe every time a helicopter flew overhead.

He was drafted into the Army in 1968 and saw combat as an infantryman near Saigon with the 82nd Airborne Division. He left the service in 1970, but never really left the jungle behind.

Schuyler, now the Water Department supervisor for Burlington Township, had night terrors for years. He had to quit his job as a water-plant operator at Fort Dix because he couldn't stand being on a military base. He broke down once after watching soldiers get ambushed during a training exercise.

Seven months ago, at the urging of his father-in-law, a World War II veteran, and his brother-in-law, who also served in Vietnam, he went to the Burlington County Military and Veterans Services office in Westampton.

He knows now that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. At the time, he thought the emotional fallout from his time as a soldier was just a part of going to war.

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