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Title: Psychiatric Consequences of WW2 Air Combat
Post by: Frodo on December 15, 2024, 09:28:54 AM

Pretty good insight here.  :salute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXkEfQL56gk&list=WL&index=1

Title: Re: Psychiatric Consequences of WW2 Air Combat
Post by: horble on December 16, 2024, 09:02:29 AM

I can’t imagine having to climb into a metal tube to get shot at for 6 hours everyday, I’d end up a mess for sure

Title: Re: Psychiatric Consequences of WW2 Air Combat
Post by: Frodo on December 16, 2024, 03:24:57 PM

What struck me was the heavy drugs they tried on some of the bombers crews. Yea hard to imagine what they went through.  :salute

Title: Re: Psychiatric Consequences of WW2 Air Combat
Post by: Eagler on December 16, 2024, 03:44:41 PM

Find it amazing the suicide rate of our veterans..it has to be multiples higher than the actual combat deaths which occur during the initial confrontation..

With the total cost one would think better of starting such horrific events but since the ones starting it don't have to participate..that's just not the case

Think it's time to pull the 900 troops out of Syria..you know before their death and injury are an excuse for the next unwinnable 20 year war..whatda you say?

Eagler

Title: Re: Psychiatric Consequences of WW2 Air Combat
Post by: mechanic on December 16, 2024, 05:51:50 PM

The problems all come from the realisation that you were lied to and the killing was the pointless fancy of the powerful