Essays on Veterans

I am writing to request that I be considered for the Wounded Warriors Canada Veterans Child Post Secondary Scholarships. To assist you in making an informed decision on my eligibility, I feel it is important to tell you about myself, my family and why I...

The care toward our veterans may be protected but if it’s seen from their view it has become a disaster. The aid has been pushed off for so long and it must come to a stop. The veterans have earned the society’s trust and lawful...

Typically when we consider “PTSD,” our psyches bounce to those who’ve been in battle. While it is absolutely an issue for those who’ve been, all things considered, battle regions, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD isn’t only select to war veterans. Truth be told,...

American veteran actor and filmmaker Ed Harris is a living legend who has already left a legacy for future generations to follow. Harris is a multiple award-winning actor and has been nominated for the Oscars at least 4 times. Some of his notable films include;...

In Jonathan Shay’s Achilles in Vietnam, parallels are drawn between the psychological, social, and moral events of Homer’s Iliad and the experiences of returning Vietnam veterans. Many veterans suffer from psychological problems, brought on during the war, which may have lead to unethical actions. Aristotelian...

Originally, this paper was going to be about the extreme use, abuse, and effects of heroin within Vietnam war veterans post war. It was not just going to be about the statistics of the men with this affliction or even their use while in Vietnam...

I was the most surprised from this documentary that PTSD is almost all-pervasive in war-time veterans, and that different war-time veterans have a disparity only in how effectively they recover from PTSD they experienced in the battlefield. This was especially counterintuitive for me primarily because...