This story is dedicated to all of the "battered wives" throughout
the world. I would like to plead with them to seek help and
assistance. This is the story of my life, spent with an American
soldier before and after the war in Vietnam. Though the events took
place many years ago, I feel that this story should be shared with
today's families and soldiers, so that they might not make the same
mistakes our family made. There is a wall in Washington, DC
inscribed with the names of soldiers who lost their lives in the
war. This country also recognizes the POWs, MIAs those wounded in
action. However, no one seems to recognize, or mention, those
damaged mentally and emotionally by the war. For many of these
soldiers, the conflict is still raging - in their minds, in their
homes and in their relationship with loved ones. America is once
again at war, and many soldiers -- men and women -- are coming home
severely disturbed, mentally and emotionally, and are not getting
the help they need. My family still feels the pain -- decades later
-- caused when my husband, and the father of my children, returned
home physically, but not mentally or emotionally. The battery and
assault I suffered as a result should have been addressed, and
could have been prevented, by the army. Instead, my pleas were
overlooked. Mine was not the only family affected -- I witnessed
many more families broken up as a result of the effects of the war
on our soldiers. I feel that we, as Americans, need to put more of
an emphasis on the welfare of our soldiers and their families --
those who served in past wars, soldiers presently serving and
participants in future conflicts. To this day, I am overwhelmed
with sadness andsympathy for the families of those Vietnam vets who
returned emotionally broken and mentally injured. I walked away to
save my life and the lives of my children after 10 years of abuse,
giving up all of the years I spent with my soldier. My husband and
my family did not deserve this outc
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