The Grunt War Unlike pervasive stereotypes about Vietnam veterans, the majority of them are normal US citizens who mostly participated in the war to do good deeds. Many Americans consider veterans amoral killers. However, the vast majority of veterans never committed such atrocities. Whether they volunteered or were drafted, most of them had to get on ships or flights to go to the war zone. Yet, few of those men actually fell on hard fightings, and only small amount of them actually experienced breakdowns which later lead them to be more liable to commit war crimes. Rest of the troops practiced acts of kindness toward civilians, and what they wanted the most was just going back to home. However, once they got back to their home country, they had to face negative prejudices about veterans. It is true that some veterans did fall into drugs and alcohol, but the vast majority of them settled down without any problem. This shows that veterans are not only fighting with their own scars from the war, but also with the negative stereotypes of Americans. This is a summary of an article. Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/the-grunts-war.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0