An army veteran and a retired Navy pilot that is in the Medina County Veterans Service named Bob Fiest once said, “Vietnam vets were a bit crushed coming home. We were not honored, but were treated as the face of an unpopular war”. The amount of respect the Vietnam veterans experienced when they were coming home were very little to none due to the fact many people saw little heroic actions. This caused many controversy and resulted in many harsh treatment towards the veterans such as Sam Hermanstorfer. Hermanstorfer, a Vietnam veteran, joined the army due to his family members past experiences of being veterinarians. Hermanstorfer was able to get 1A classification which meant he was eligible for service and did maintenance on all vehicles which shows that his war story is very different than other veterans even though they were all treated the same after the war. Hermanstorfer was able to get 1A classification which meant he was eligible for service and did maintenance on all vehicles which shows that his war story is very different than other veterans even though they were all treated the same after the war.When remembering Vietnam veterans like Hermanstorfer, it is important to consider the way they were treated after the war, the living conditions they had to go through, and the ways the war impacted the soldiers…show more content… “It started out we lived in tents, in great big tents, with no mosquito netting, or anything, around the tent; the only mosquito netting we had was on your bed”. The quote shows that people in Vietnam lived in harsh conditions and many people had to deal with bugs. “He scratched vigorously at a multitude of mosquito bites and then brushed off several biting red ants that had found their way inside. He looks over the rest of his body, pats down his pockets and scrutinizes his boots for additional creatures that might be hiding
