I am a 32 year old daughter of a VV, My dad is having a scan today for bowel cancer. I am one of five children all concieved after my dad returned from vietnam, yes we were all his soldiers had a very strict life lived and dealt with the physical emotional and mental abuse, mum is still dealing with it today. I never thought about the impact vietnam had on him, I just thought it was him, I think I have had it easy compared to some of the posts I've read. My parents have 22 grandchildren now,5 of them are my own. I try to make sure I give them a better life than what I had and make sure they are very close and have a good relationship with my husband, I try to block out my childhood and not dwell on the past, but some of my sisters have not been able to. Three of my sisters have not been as strong, and have suffered or is still suffering depression. My dad stayed in the army for 21 years- 21 years of service for a life time of hell and suffering, he has had 2 heart attacks, gets sick all the time, has had stomach problems, he has diabeties, high blood pressure, and now, well I will find out this afternoon if he has cancer. No one deserved to have to go through any of this. there should have been help for them a very long time ago, instead they have had to suffer so have their wives and children and their childrens children. So much death, suicides, broken families, abuse, illnesses, life taken away from them, for them serving our country and for what- thanks for serving, get a plaque, maybe lucky/unlucky enough to recieve TPI and that's all you are worth you did your job and thanks, enjoy the rest of your life, or what life you have left if you could call it a life. Hero's of our country just left to rot and die

mtjab5

Are you aware that all children of Vietnam Vets are entitled to free counselling? The Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service (VVCS) in each state has contract counsellors available, please feel free to use the service if you feel it could help you or your siblings.

Veterans' line - 1800 011 046 (Nationally)

Dobie (Vietnam Vet)

...But the Vietnam experience hovers over everything; it is reactivated by what we hear about Iraq. In that sense a shared parent-child antiwar sentiment may come to reverberate throughout society. We have not heard the last of this poignant generational alliance.
Robert J. Lifton

Daughters of Vietnam Veterans
www.dovv.net

Daughters of Vietnam Veterans
www.dovv.net