[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by johnnywishbone

as i understand it entry into the VFW requires DD-214 verification of duty, boots on the ground, war zone, foreign soil.

That also includes cooks, mechanics, etc. My only point is that the folks telling war stories typically aren't those that have lived it. My father was a forward air controller in Vietnam, he will still barely speak of what he saw. I don't believe a lifetime is long enough to forget the horror of war.