Matterhorn Is My Metaphor Of

It Was All Absurd, Without Reason Or Meaning. People Who Didn't Know Each Other Were Going To Kill Each Other Over A Hill None Of Them Cared About

In The Military I Could Exercise The Power Of Being Automatically Respected Because Of The Medals On My Chest, Not Because I Had Done Anything Right At The Moment To Earn That Respect. This Is Pretty Nice. It's Also A Psychological Trap That Can Stop One's Growth And Allow One To Get Away With Just Plain Bad Behavior.

And I Think That It's - The Military Has Actually Made Improvements, So People Are Considering Post-traumatic Stress Disorder As, At The Least, A Possible Psychological Problem. You Know, When I Was In Vietnam, It Was Just Considered Malingering. And We're Making Progress.

The Marine Corps Taught Me How To Kill, But It Didn't Teach Me How To Deal With Killing.

For Every Veteran Who Goes Through A Divorce, A Wife Goes Through One, Too. For Every Veteran Alone In The Basement, There Is A Wife Upstairs, Bewildered, Isolated And In Despair From The Dark Clouds Of War That Hangs Over Family Life.