In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war but it wasn't   It was different in many ways, as so were tose that did the fighting   In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26   In Vietnam he was 19   In-in-in Vietnam he was 19      The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today   25 miles west of Saigon   I really wasn't sure what was going on      Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni-19 19   19, 19, 19, 19      In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served   A twelve month tour of duty   But was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday   Ni-ni-ni 19, Ni-ni-ni 19      Hundreds of thousands of men who saw heavy combat   In Vietnam were arrested since discharge   Their arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same age   There are no accurate figures of how many of these men   Have been incarcerated      But a Veterans Administration study   Concludes that the greater of vets   Exposure to combat could more likely affect his chances   Of being arrested or convicted      This is one legacy of the Vietnam War      All those who remember the war   They won't forget what they've seen   Destruction of men in their prime   Whose average was 19      De-de-destruction   De-de-destruction   War, war      De-de-destruction, wa, wa, war, wa, war, war   De-de-destruction   War, war      After World War II the men came home together on troop ships   But the Vietnam vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combat   Perhaps the most dramatic difference between   World War II and Vietnam was coming home   None of them received a hero's welcome      None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of them   Ne-ne-ne, ne-ne-ne, none of them, none of them, none of them   None of them received a hero's welcome   None of them received a hero's welcome      According to a Veteran's Administration study   Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what   Psychiatrists call   Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder      Many vets complain of alienation, rage or guilt   Some succumb to suicidal thoughts   Eight to ten years after coming home   Almost eight hundred thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War      De-de-destruction   Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni19 19   19, 19, 19, 19   Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni-19 19   19, 19, 19, 19      When we came back it was different, everybody wants to know   "How'd it happened to those guys over there?   There's gotta be something wrong somewhere   We did what we had to do      There's gotta be something wrong somewhere   People wanted us to be ashamed of what it made us   Dad had no idea what he went to fight and he is now   All we want to do is come home      All we want to do is come home   What did we do it for?   All we want to do is come home   Was it worth it