When you came home......

[laurenbeagregory]

Oh interesting... thanks for the quick response. I just ordered the first DVD from the library of Band of Brothers and its supposed to be in soon (tomorrow, actually). I have been dying to watch it and its off HBO where I am so fortunately our awesome library had a copy of the series. I think my grandad was one of the unfortunate ones who came home, wife died VERY young in 1949 age 25 to cancer and he ended up a pretty heavy alcoholic. I have just been wondering about what life was like returning home after BoB... can only imagine. Now it seems "they" have fairly sophistocated programs for soldiers coming home to adjust to normal life and cope with PTSD, but back then? Was anything available like this? I know of some vets who dont speak of what they saw and experienced almost 70 years after the fact. They were made of tough stuff this I know.