Arthur Egendorf served in Vietnam in an intelligence unit and went on to receive a PhD in psychology from Harvard, where he had been at the time of his deployment. After the war, he wrote texts on psychological healing following battle. He describes it as undigested experience, of soldiers returning home to a country that did not care to discuss what happened in Vietnam. He says the reaction to Vietnam undercut Americas common sense of purpose. He makes a point to say that different veterans have different reactions. Egendorf covers the introduction of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a formal diagnosis. He argues that Americans need to stop trying to forget Vietnam and instead remember it at all costs.
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