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lauradi7dw) wrote2024-11-07 12:53 pm
lauradi7dw) wrote2024-11-07 12:53 pm
emotional trigger what the heck?
I just learned (by hearing the DJ say it) that WMBR's show "Lost and Found" features a Vietnam era song every Thursday, and that they are going to focus on the 1970s end-ish time. I was washing dishes and
"Welcome the boys back home" by Bill Moss and the Celestials started to play. I didn't recognize it from the time but the words are clear, and to my surprise, I started crying.
I didn't know many people who went, but I've been on a bus route to the VA for decades, and while there are fewer now, there certainly used to be a lot of guys of that era, not doing so well. There are so many wars right now that I don't cry about. Why that one? Or is it just that song? Many of the returning troops were treated very badly and quite a few never recovered emotionally even if their bodies got better, which not all did.
"Welcome the boys back home" by Bill Moss and the Celestials started to play. I didn't recognize it from the time but the words are clear, and to my surprise, I started crying.
I didn't know many people who went, but I've been on a bus route to the VA for decades, and while there are fewer now, there certainly used to be a lot of guys of that era, not doing so well. There are so many wars right now that I don't cry about. Why that one? Or is it just that song? Many of the returning troops were treated very badly and quite a few never recovered emotionally even if their bodies got better, which not all did.