Senior officer (SRO) would keep the morale high in his barracks as long as he could, but he couldn’t please everyone. Some people resorted to suicide, which was usually done by a prisoner tying a sheet to his neck then to his bed the jumping off his bed. Even though people were dying left and right troops still realized that they were American and escape was a priority as stated in the handbook. The treatment was harsh, but the soldiers endured it. What did the U.S. do to repay them? The Government gave them a purple heart and an advance pay. Now, any state you live in you can walk down the street and find a Vietnam Veteran. They probably will not be dressed up and leading some big time corporation or managing finances for an insurance company. You will probably see them walking down the street hungry and homeless. That’s what we did for them. We made it impossible for them to get good jobs. They saved our country. They saved our lives and we kicked them out of our social clique. If you see one walking down the street you should be ashamed. First, be ashamed for rooting against them. If you were a hippie or did any other type of political rallying against the war, than you were rooting against the United States. Second Kyles 4 be ashamed for not knowing that over two-thousand more prisoners-of-war are still in Vietnam. Almost twenty-five years after the wars end we still haven’t kept our promise. The government knows about these names, but they would rather not say anything than admit they made a mistake. POWs really helped out before they were captured and this is how we repay them. They saved us; we abandoned them! ...
