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Originally Posted by nightfighter
My point is that the entire deployment becomes a "skirmish", 24/7. This is not like the Civil War when both sides retired for the night. The fact that the enemy lives among the population and kills from the safety of hiding in plain view is what manifests this reaction. The kids might be oblivious to the threat, but our troops are not. I would liken it to spending an entire tour in a sniper's scope. Takes a toll....
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They had a lot of PTSD in the Civil War, it was just called Solider's Heart, then Shell Shock etc...
-spence