Angel Fire program: Vietnam vets find support in one another
Sangre Chronicle
By Eric Heinz
Staff writer
Published:
Saturday, June 1, 2013
For Vietnam War veterans, breaking the silence can help soldiers break the shackles of painful memories.
As many infantry soldiers did not get a friendly welcome when they returned home, the process of trying to forget has in some instances done more harm than healing by repressing the past as well as neglecting mental illnesses brought on by war.
In Jack McLean’s case, amplifying his voice through literature helps him retard the loud, intrusive memories.
What would lead to a search for the seemingly lost and fractured family of a fallen comrade, McLean pieced the war back together with letters he sent home and churned pages of his experiences for his novel “Loon: A Marine Story.”
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