Just a few thoughts. Things I have come to realize...little quirks I seem to have had for a long time that I now realize are connected to Vietnam and Combat in particular. Looking for guys to add to this with what they experience.
Recently, In Hawaii, we were driving on a beautiful road that suddenly entered a stretch where steep jungle covered slopes ran up on both sides. I commented that these situations still make me feel "uncomfortable". I also get these feelings sometimes when hiking in wilderness terrain...being vigilant and cognizant of the "lay of the land"...and where a possible ambush could be set up. These tendencies have never really upset me...they just seem to be ingrained?
I also have come to realize another oddity I seem to have developed. I have a fear of running out of anything.....so I have "backup" for just about everything. My wife and the kids know that if they run out of anything, they can ask me and I will have a backup stashed someplace! I was reminded of this today when my wife told me she had run our of toilet paper...and knew I would have some stashed someplace...which, of course, I did! I am thinking maybe it's an after effect of running low on Ammo! I know during the Halloween Firefight in 1967 we were very short on M16 ammo in my foxhole & were reverting to Grenades and trying to conserve the rifle ammo. Then when the resupply came...the idiots dumped it outside of the perimeter! I never went out to the field again without Beaucoup ammo!...and believe this was the root of my present day "backup" tendencies.
Any comments? additions?