Friday, March 7, 2008

Vietnam veteran, Randy Vest, fixing cars and veterans



WSLS.com - Roanoke,VA,USA


By Lindsey Henley
WSLS10 Reporter
Published: March 7, 2008

Vietnam veteran, Randy Vest, compares life to combat.
“It’s just like combat itself, you don’t quit in the middle of it. You just keep going,” Vest said.
With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he knows first hand sometimes that’s easier said than done.


“It doesn’t take a whole lot to cause you to have flashbacks, nightmares, things like that at night,” he said.


It took Randy more than 30 years to finally face his problems. He says once he left the combat zone he was back at home within a couple of days. Unfortunately, there were so many negative feelings, as well as stereotypes toward the Vietnam War, he didn’t want to talk about it until the War in Iraq.


That’s when Randy finally admitted he had a problem. With the help of a good friend, David Amos, he went through the long process of applying for compensation from the U.S. Government.


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1 comment:

  1. Kathy! I hope all is well! I was wondering if you still had teh number of the gentleman who was going to donate water for our lock-up? I hope you don't mind me reaching out to you, I couldn't find an email address =)Please email me kperrino@mdausa.org!

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