The trials and tribulations the soldiers faced at home were far worse than any battle they No one seemed to fully understand what these men had wentthrough. They came home looking for love and comfort; little did they know that theyhad not yet experienced the worst of the war.A numerous amount of people were for the war, but the reality was, many were against it." During 1967 public support for the war dropped sharply. By October approval ofJohnsons handling of the war dropped to 28%. A number of major metropolitannewspapers shifted from supporting the war to opposing it" (Wexler 145 ). Once thepublic realized that the war wasnt all glory, they regretted the countrys involvement.The government wasnt exactly the most reliable source of information during the war.They couldnt be counted on when they were needed most. The governments handlingof aid for veterans seemed to be carelessly handled. Veterans were treated poorly andpromises were broken frequently. The majority of the American population had no clue that the government was hidinginformation about POWs. " From September 1973 to March 1974, a series of unrelatedwitnesses reported the movement of nine POWs between two Laotian prison camps" (Sauter 189 ). Similar accounts of American prisoners sightings were hidden from thepublic. Ron Kovic was not a prisoner of war. Instead he was sent home after being wounded. Hisreturn home was originally fine; everything he thought it would be. Yet he did notreceive the welcome he had hoped for. Many resented him. He received blank stares andvicious glares. even his own brother was against the war. His family was baffled by thepessimistic view towards life that he had picked up along the way. In Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic often mentioned that the veterans hospitalswere torture chambers. " It is easy to lose it all here. The whole place functions smoothly,but somewhere along the way I am losing, and the rest of the people whom I cant s...
