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Americans often say that older generations didn't express emotion like we do nowadays and that's why PTSD wasn't discussed. The Korean and Vietnam wars took place less than a decade from each other, however, and Vietnam is seen as a conflict that resulted in more soldiers with PTSD. Why is that?

by /u/TheEarthShallTremble in /r/AskHistorians

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