WWII vets could never forget the war

To the editor:
    In regard to the Dec. 3 front page article “Weekly clinic drawing veterans”: To quote Ronald Welch, M.D. – “You wouldn’t think WWII vets would be suffering, but once these guys retire and have some time to think, that’s when it all comes rushing back to them.”
    How dare you, Dr. Welch! If you grew up in a home where your dad was a World War II vet; if you were married to a World War II vet; if you had brothers-in-law who fought; if you had uncles return from WWII – one completely disabled; if you had friends from that war – you would not have to think about it! You would know for sure that those men lived WWII every day for the rest of their lives.
    Since most of them left home as teenagers, that’s a lot of time to think, to re-live what we can only imagine they went through.
    Most of them came home, and – no matter what their physical or mental condition was, they found joys, married, went on with their lives – or tried to – and tried to forget what they had been through.
    Could they forget? Not on your life! Not ever!
Mary Greenlaw
Smyrna Mills