Question 1.
The terms used to describe Civil War veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war were hysteria, melancholia and insanity
Question 2.
The term used to describe World War I veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war were shellshock.
Question 3.
The term used to describe World War II veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war were combat fatigue or combat exhaustion.
Question 4.
The term used to describe Vietnam and Gulf War veterans who suffered psychological issues after the war was PTSD.
Question 5.
Soldiers mostly suffer from hatred for themselves and their actions, inability to re-assimilate to their old life, depression, nightmares, suicidal thoughts, anger, anxiety, loneliness, guilt, loss of interest, emotional distress, inability to feel any pressure, restricted emotions, fear, etc.
Question 6.
The experiences of death and depression drove Angelo Crapsey paranoid after the war and as a result he shot himself dead at the age of 21. After coming from war, Angelo used to show anger towards his family and had to be controlled by his father, mother and sister. The experience of war left Angelo wounded and he hated himself for killing so many people. The union service left Angelo mentally unwell and ended up shortening his life.
Question 7.
Noah used his pocket knife to stab his face on his ID cards, because he did not want to look to himself. He developed feelings of anger, hate, and disillusionment; and he did not think he was worth anything. In one way, Noah started to die slowly from the inside due to PTSD. Noah failed to escape the horrors of serving in Iraq and thought of himself as a murderer. Noah developed an urge of killing people and hurting them. The armed service trained Noah into a killer, but they failed to untrain him and help him readjust.
Question 8.
General George Patton slapped the solider and called him a coward. General Patton ridiculed the soldier by insulting him and sending him back to the front line. General Patton was unwilling to learn about the problem; rather he believed that the soldier was faking it.
Question 9.
Lt. Al Maher recalled that there were days when they started with 4 planes, but soon some of them went down. Maher had to witness several deaths around them. Many lost their faces and their bodies ruptured; he hated to talk about his experiences. Maher claimed that he came back as a raving lunatic. Corporal Abner Greenberg recalled his experiences of fighting at Iwo Jima. Within a few days, Greenberg lost most of his friends and called Iwo Jima as a killing field. Finally, Greenberg claimed that he did not come back as the same person who joined the war.
Question 10.
While serving in Iraq, Jason started to display signs of major depressive disorder. His psychiatrists avoided his feelings of killing himself and Jason mentions himself as depressed. After Jason’s death, his family came down with PTSD and his father could not sleep night and lost his job. Jason came from a family of war veterans, most of them related to Jason’s experiences and understood that no one came back from as the same person. Jason’s father had a recurring dream of watching his son as a heavily injured man in his lap.
Question 11.
General Chiarelli is working towards changing the attitudes towards suicide and PTSD in the Army. The basic roadblock that is faced by General Peter Chiarelli is fighting a culture that does not believe in invisible injuries such as PTSD and depression. Charily understands that he has a major struggle ahead of him to convince that PTSD is a hidden injury and Army needs to understand its effects. Chiarelli understands that science is not mature enough to handle such issues.
Question 12.
Nathan Damigo was a war veteran who came back from the war and failed to adjust to the changed scenario. Nathan’s experience is different from other veterans because Nathan was arrested for attacking a middle-eastern cab driver at gunpoint. After coming home, he had constant nightmares and in one of them, he believed that he was at his checkpoint in Iraq and was doing his job. Nathan was arrested and later was sentenced to 6 years of prison sentence.
Question 13.
Herbert B. Hayden had a recurring dream where he was injured in the war and his face was blown off leaving only his skull behind. He also saw the dead body of a young boy that laughed at him. Hayden faced misery, mental anguish and closed up; he came back but did not come back at all. Hayden also had feelings of killing himself and utter aloneness of a shell shocked man.
Question 14.
Billy R. Fraas Jr. is an Iraq war veteran who was sent home due to PTSD after serving for 29 months. All members of his group came back alive, but all of them have PTSD. His wife said he died in Iraq; she is still waiting for him to come back to his old self. His family was freaked out by the pain and anguish he had to face in Iraq. His family feels PTSD had changed his life and theirs too, as he has nightmares of people in Iraq dying and heavily injured due to the war.
Question 15.
Many American already believe that war is not great from Americans as people who are drafted never come back as the same person. But, the honor of serving the country still attracts many Americans. The movie might be an interesting watch for some politicians, but many would not agree with the notion as American politicians strongly support the need to maintain the American stronghold over global politics.
Work Cited
HBO. "Wartorn HBO Documentary About PTSD." YouTube. youtube.com, n.d. Web. 6 May 2016.
