mr. marlantes's view of whether the was the right thing to be told before going out and fighting in combat. 63. >> i have three extremely influential powerful well bred and well written men. the way it can assist everybody in this room to squeeze our government to provide everything from vocational helped psychological help for our soldiers. i would like to join and that the humble capacity. i just got out after 49 years. all i know about is what i've heard. i've read, i've fought, but really what i know is what is in the heart and mind of our soldiers, and the general jonathan is over here. i was on the phone with him last night reflecting on a pile of newspapers he had in his office in the first couple of months of the war and he put the paper down and said somebody really all to write about this. following the discussion that we had, we agreed it wasn't going to be one of us. i picked up at him and i don't know actually if i am going to or will be able to. i am pretty rall from the stories i've heard from the men and women and others in this vermont, but what john and i talked about was

mr. marlantes said, war healing is the business of civilians, not of the military. as my friend ed tick says, war healing is peacemaking. i'm really moved by not just the intelligence that -- coming from you all here, but the humanity you've brought to this conversation. this is important. it is important work, this idea of coming home. and it's going to take a concerted effort, military and civilian. and just to bring that point home, i wanted to address something, mr. coffin, you mentioned. the negative the stereotype of the crazy or alcoholic vietnam vet, i'm not sure that i actually have that stereotype in my head. because those guys have all killed themselves. the fact is that more vietnam vets have been lost to suicide than were killed in combat in the war. and not just a few more, but twice as many. that, when i first heard that, it got, it got me. i got it, wow, this is -- we're not doing something. something's wrong, something's way wrong, and that's not a military thing. that's an issue for our country and our world. that's an issue for humanity. to look a