My dad was a Master Sergeant in New Guinea and the Philippines in WW2 and I swear had some sort of life long PTSD. Certainly not a raving loony at all times, had many good moments, well liked by his peers but holy crap he had a dark, angry, self loathing side at times. I've heard Sergeants really have a lousy burden as they send men into battle, and some of them, of course, do not come back.

He spoke maybe 2 sentences about the war to me, and this after Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line came out.

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