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I didn't have it nearly as bad as some guys had it.
I feel guilty about that sometimes, like I should have
suffered more.
You get that survivor syndrome, survivor's guilt.
I didn't do enough, or didn't work hard enough.
I hear it from these young Vets today.
They want to go back because they left their buddies there.
They want to keep going.
I crash landed in helicopters.
We were attacked on LZs.
And I came home without a scratch,
and my buddies didn't.
A lot of guys didn't make it home, and a lot of guys--
I always think, a lot of these guys made it home all right,
but they're still in Vietnam.
And I didn't want to be them.
I didn't want to be that person that didn't come home
completely.
So I think since 9/11, especially since being treated
by Dr. Kennedy, that I had an opportunity to heal a little
bit and realize that whatever I did, good or bad, in the end
was part of my life experience.
And the good thing is that I did
something for this country.