ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
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Roughly equal in total number
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Many more Vietnam veterans
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Many more veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Since 2001, between 1.9 and 3 million service members have served in post-9/11 war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and over half of them have deployed more than once.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietnam War was the nation’s longest and costliest conflict of the Cold War. Over 8.7 million Americans served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era from 1964 to 1973 (1). More than 3.4 million were deployed to Southeast Asia (1) and approximately 2.7 million of those served in the Republic of Vietnam (2).
Detailed explanation-3: -2, 709, 918 Americans served in Vietnam, this number represents 9.7% of their generation. 4. 3, 403, 100 (Including 514, 300 offshore) personnel served in the broader Southeast Asia Theater (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, flight crews based in Thailand and sailors in adjacent South China Sea waters).
Detailed explanation-4: -By the end of 1965, 185, 000 U.S. troops were in Vietnam. The number would peak in 1968 at nearly 550, 000. More than 2.6 million servicemen and women eventually served in Vietnam.