I have seen old video footage of these soldiers suffering from PTSD, the likes of which I have never seen. I know what it is like to have ptsd, but the suffering these individuals endured was nothing short of catastrophic. It tore my heart out to see it.
They used to use a red rubber stamp, with the initials WMC, I believe, or something close to it. It stood for "weak moral character".
(I'm going by memory here)
They would stamp a soldiers personal records with this stamp.
These brave and heroic soldiers were treated as though they were a disgrace, yet it was the government's actions in the treatment of these soldiers that were disgracefull.
It's a disgrace that evidently still continues, if it has taken this long to pardon these individuals. |