John ketwig and a hard rain fell6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() In time he makes a life, but his demons never rest. Then the day came when he goes home to suffer the dislocation common to many Vietnam Vets. It became therapeutic for him and allowed him to shut his demons away without confronting them at that time. He felt another year was a good choice for him. He wanted to go home but fear at that time held him back. Ketwig was in a stage of confusion when he signed up for another year in Thailand. The trauma of such transformation is hard to understand unless one has “been there, done that“. Other authors and Vietnam Vets have documented well the haze of depersonalization that characterized the U.S. Why not read his accounts, even if some are flawed? He saw it the way it was to him. I was only about ten when the war in Vietnam was going on and I have heard many stories some worst then others so why condemn this one soldier for his two years he gave to his Country. ![]() Many people have put this author down and claim he is a whiner. Every person who served in Vietnam has their own traumatizing story to tell. Review: …And a hard rain fell by John Ketwig.Ī GI’s experience of the war in Vietnam. ![]()
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