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Veterans

Victor_c3

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5. I believe that much of the "wild west" was a result of the influx of damaged Civil War Vets

Reply to unhappycamper (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 11:34 AM

Dec 2013

They had a hard time fitting in with "normal" society so they headed out west.

Not really a point to be made by that, just an interesting aside I thought.

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PTSD Is Not New [View all] unhappycamper Dec 2013 OP

George Carlin thelordofhell Dec 2013 #1

It just went by different names, like shell shock and battle fatigue. Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #2

An Uncle of mine came back from Korea diagnosed with 'shell shock' unhappycamper Dec 2013 #3

I believe that much of the "wild west" was a result of the influx of damaged Civil War Vets Victor_c3 Dec 2013 #5

During the American civil war it was called thucythucy Dec 2013 #4

I think I like that term the best Victor_c3 Dec 2013 #6