1. Many Veterans from the Vietnam Wars lost their innocence after the war like it is said in the lyrics: "No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue" (Doyle 1).

 

2. Many Veterans had to see unbelieveable things throughout the war because they decided to fight in the Vietnam War: "They witness life through different eyes now and their personal perspective is forever tinted with blood and pain and terror.  Not everyone survived the initiation" (Howell-Koehler 1). 

 

3. Veterans got captured or killed throughout the war: "Tens of thousands died, hundreds of thousands were wounded or captured while their friends and family sat each night and calmly watched this nightmare unfold on TV" (Howell-Koehler 1). 

 

 

 

 

External Conflict Vs. Self

 

1. Many Veterans got really dramatized from the terrible events that they saw throughout the war: “When you walk off the killing fields, still alive, physically intact, you want everything painted black, like your heart, your soul, you mind, your life” (Doyle 1).

 

2. Many veterans lost their lives fighting in this war: "The depression, the aura of premature death, loss of innocence, abandonment of all hope are perfectly expressed in the song" (Doyle 1).

 

3. Many people suffer trauma because of the experiences they had in the Vietnam War: "For some of them ' the trauma of their battle experiences or their physical disabilities have shattered their lives" (Howell-Koehler 1).