Tom,

It took me thirty plus years before I opened that old duffle bag in my mom's basement. It took another three years before I could make sense of what was happening to me and the people I was with over there.

I only started now to express in words what happened over there. Don't jump into anything to fast. It took several years to deal with the ghosts of those years and to open an old wound is not the best thing to do without first squaring things with yourself first.

If you need anything just give a yell. We are here to help. The sad thing is that the army taught us all this great stuff but never told us how to deal with it after it was over.