couzin wrote:Wysiwyg101 wrote:...Some might have turned to alcohol.
Not quite following the theme of this thread but - my father joined the US Army in 1939, went across North Africa, Sicily, then went ashore at Normandy, fought Northern France and Germany - and like many men during this time, he came home with a serious alcohol addiction. After VE he came stateside and we went from post to post until he deployed to Korea in 1952. By that time he was SFC (E-7) and the alcohol abuse was full bore. The Army never treated him for the problem. By 1955 he had missed time and the Army reduced him to PFC and general discharged him also. He died in 1981 at 59 an alcoholic living in a VA home in Salem Oregon. I have for 25 years appealed to the Army Board of Corrections, using Senators, Congressmen, even Presidents, to try and get his rank restored. Don't want back retirement money nor anything else, just correct his paper record and allow me to purchase a new grave marker reflecting his rank. The Army? "No" and "heck no"! Their memories are long, and there is no consideration for giving your life to them.
WOW! I'm so sorry for your and your family's pain. My dad served in the CBI theater in WWII. Though he didn't suffer as your dad did. I pray you can find a way to come to terms with this.