The Trauma of War
By Michael Boyajian
When I was younger I used to watch war movies, mostly John Wayne stuff like his cavalry trilogy, his World War II forays and finally the Green Berets. As kids we all played with our G.I. Joes dressing them up in Marine dress up or a frogman outfit. All the neighborhood kids would run around the block playing army with toy guns. How did we know how to play army? Well, they were broadcasting the Vietnam War on television every evening.