SOME DAY

<p>I suffer from PTSD not from war-related traume but from physical and sexual abuse and I may not understand your trauma but I can relate in wanting to be normal again and not live with these memories, flashbacks, nightmares. I just want to be able to be close with people again and not live in fear every day. I wish the best for you!</p>

<p>During my time in Vietnam.</p><p>My infantry company Golf Company 2nd Battalion 1st Marines.</p><p>Had security of an artillery battery.</p><p>One day we might make a night patrol to a river.</p><p>The next day we had security of a bridge over the same river.</p><p>Following by manning positions inside the battery.</p><p>that we would repeat the routine.</p><p>One night a patrol that I was just 'tagging' along as directed by platoon leader.</p><p>Because I was the Platoon Sergant.</p><p>I heard a loud explosin at the head of our patrol.</p><p>followed by large screams.</p><p>I than made my way forward till I was by our radio-man.</p><p>I made a call for the point to come back to where i was located.</p><p>ASking, in realtion to where we were going.</p><p>How close are we?</p><p>They told me, we are there.</p><p>With that information, I got on the radio and requested a medivac.</p><p>Within 15 minutes the wounded Marine was on his way to the nearest aid.</p><p>The Corpsman, told he thought that Marine might not make it.</p><p>He had to bring him back two times.</p><p>I will take this memory to my grave.</p>