And for some who returned home with all their limbs, like my father, they left a piece of their young, carefree soul. Vets who suffered from mental health issues are called 'mental invalids' in Việt Nam and are put in mental hospitals. For some mental invalids, although the war ended, they still hear the sound of bombs and replay the memories of war, of comrades dying which bring them back in time. According to the article, most mental invalids cannot even remember their identity, with only the memories of war, both the painful and victorious ones. All, for the price of peace.
