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* ''Film/{{Jarhead}} towards the end of the movie, after the Scout Snipers return home, a man in dirty fatigues with a plethora of badges jumps on their bus to congratulate them, but also needs to immediately sit down as he's seemingly suffering from a mental health crisis. Also brought up in the boot camp sequence, when DrillSergeantNasty Fitch asks the protagonist, Swofford, about his family history.
-->'''Fitch:''' You the maggot whose father served in Vietnam?\\
'''Swoff:''' Sir, yes, sir!\\
'''Fitch:''' Out-standing! Did he have the balls to die there?\\
'''Swoff:''' Sir, no, sir!\\
'''Fitch:''' Too fucking bad! He ever talk about it?\\
'''Swoff:''' Sir, only once, sir!\\
'''Fitch:''' Good! Then he wasn't lying!
-->'''Fitch:''' You the maggot whose father served in Vietnam?\\
'''Swoff:''' Sir, yes, sir!\\
'''Fitch:''' Out-standing! Did he have the balls to die there?\\
'''Swoff:''' Sir, no, sir!\\
'''Fitch:''' Too fucking bad! He ever talk about it?\\
'''Swoff:''' Sir, only once, sir!\\
'''Fitch:''' Good! Then he wasn't lying!
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''Music/SClubSeven'' TV show, when the band has to pretend to be Americans when immigration officials inspect the hotel they work at, and Bradley claims to be a Vietnam veteran which the inspector notes that he's quite young for.
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* "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" by Music/JediMindTricks and R.A. The Rugged Man is a HistoricalBiographySong based on the experiences of Staff Sgt. John A. Thorburn, the father of the rapper R.A., who came back with severe Agent Orange poisoning that ended up causing birth defects with many of his children.
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* ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'' tells the story of veteran Ron Kovic who accidentally killed a squad mate, got paralyzed from the waist down, and returned home to a life h no longer recognizes.
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': One of the stories told about Bill Brasky is that he served three tours in Vietnam. The character telling the story mentions seeing an eight-foot-tall young Asian man while in Vietnam, "and sure enough, his name's Ho Chi Brasky!"
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* Principal Skinner in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. He was in a POW camp in North Vietnam, and it is shown throughout the series he suffers from [=PTSD=]. "The Principal and the Pauper" episode reveals that he [[spoiler: was actually born Armin Tamzarian, and met the real Skinner during the war. The real Skinner was believed dead, and he came to assume his name.]] [[spoiler: However, WordOfGod has disowned the Armin backstory for Skinner, but the Vietnam part still applies.]]
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* Principal Skinner in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. He was in a POW camp in North Vietnam, and it is shown throughout the series he suffers from [=PTSD=]. Like Abe Simpson’s service in World War II, this makes him an increasingly aged RefugeeFromTime, but his being shaped by the war is such an integral part of his no-nonsense character, it will stay the way it is. "The Principal and the Pauper" episode reveals that he [[spoiler: was actually born Armin Tamzarian, and met the real Skinner during the war. The real Skinner was believed dead, and he came to assume his name.]] [[spoiler: However, WordOfGod has disowned the Armin backstory for Skinner, but the Vietnam part still applies.]]
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As can be seen in several of the examples below, any Vietnam vet character still around in the 21st century will be old and likely retired from service and any works made during and after it use this term as a short-hand for "[[RetiredBadass experienced badass]]" (although how much of that badassery will truly become useful to the plot changes from [[TestosteronePoisoning work]] to [[OscarBait work]]). Some characters who were at one time depicted as serving in Vietnam have had that element toned down via ComicBookTime.
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As can be seen in several of the examples below, any Vietnam vet character still around in the 21st century will be old and likely retired from service and any works made during and after it use this term as a short-hand for "[[RetiredBadass experienced badass]]" (although how much of that badassery will truly become useful to the plot changes from [[TestosteronePoisoning work]] to [[OscarBait work]]). Some characters who were at one time depicted as serving in Vietnam have had that element toned down via ComicBookTime.
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** Frank Castle, a.k.a. ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'', has his history as a Vietnam vet and what they went through once they came back as a key part of his backstory and why the murder of his entire family rattled him particularly badly as he was just getting back to normalcy. As a result, the character was FrozenInTime for many years and was depicted (especially in [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX the MAX continuity]]) as realistically aging.
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** Frank Castle, a.k.a. ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'', has his history as a Vietnam vet and what they went through once they came back as a key part of his backstory and why the murder of his entire family rattled him particularly badly as he was just getting back to normalcy. As a result, the character was a FrozenInTime for many years and was depicted (especially in [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX the MAX continuity]]) as realistically aging.
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* 1978 film ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' is about a group of three friends from the same humble steel mill town who go off to fight in Vietnam. Michael used to hunt deer, hence the title, but after getting back form Vietnam he can't bring himself to kill anything again. His friend Stevie lost both of his legs. His other friend Nick is left an EmptyShell and DeathSeeker who stays behind in Saigon. In other words, ''ShellShockedVeteran: TheMovie''.
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* 1978 film ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' is about a group of three friends from the same humble steel mill town who go off to fight in Vietnam. Michael used to hunt deer, hence the title, but after getting back form from Vietnam he can't bring himself to kill anything again. His friend Stevie lost both of his legs. His other friend Nick is left an EmptyShell and DeathSeeker who stays behind in Saigon. In other words, ''ShellShockedVeteran: TheMovie''.
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** In "Nightcrawlers", Price is a traumatized Vietnam veteran who has the ability to [[YourMindMakesItReal manifest any person or object that he can imagine]].
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Billy Kinetta is a Vietnam vet who is haunted by the fact that a Marine whom he didn't even know died saving his life while he was hiding from the Viet Cong during an ambush in Da Nang.
** In "The Road Less Traveled", the AlternateUniverse Jeff [=McDowell=] went to fight in Vietnam in 1971 instead of [[DraftDodging dodging the draft]] and [[AnArmAndALeg lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine]]. He has spent most of his life since then in a VA hospital wondering what his life would have been like if he had crossed the border to UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Billy Kinetta is a Vietnam vet who is haunted by the fact that a Marine whom he didn't even know died saving his life while he was hiding from the Viet Cong during an ambush in Da Nang.
** In "The Road Less Traveled", the AlternateUniverse Jeff [=McDowell=] went to fight in Vietnam in 1971 instead of [[DraftDodging dodging the draft]] and [[AnArmAndALeg lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine]]. He has spent most of his life since then in a VA hospital wondering what his life would have been like if he had crossed the border to UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
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** In "Nightcrawlers", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E4 Nightcrawlers]]", Price is a traumatized Vietnam veteran who has the ability to [[YourMindMakesItReal manifest any person or object that he can imagine]].
** In"Paladin "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E7 Paladin of the Lost Hour", Hour]]", Billy Kinetta is a Vietnam vet who is haunted by the fact that a Marine whom he didn't even know died saving his life while he was hiding from the Viet Cong during an ambush in Da Nang.
** In"The "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S2E7 The Road Less Traveled", Traveled]]", the AlternateUniverse Jeff [=McDowell=] went to fight in Vietnam in 1971 instead of [[DraftDodging dodging the draft]] and [[AnArmAndALeg lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine]]. He has spent most of his life since then in a VA hospital wondering what his life would have been like if he had crossed the border to UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
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* Booth’s dad in ''{{Series/Bones}}'' is indicated to have become abusive due to being this trope.
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* Booth’s Booth's dad in ''{{Series/Bones}}'' is indicated to have become abusive due to being this trope.
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': Abraham. As a teen, he was eager to serve his country as his parents had done in World War II. After returning from the war Abe became involved in anti-war protests. In "The Wolves of Deep Brooklyn" Abe gets back together with men he served with to help solve the murder of the son of one of them.
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* ''Film/ThePostman'': The Postman runs into a man who's an old Vietnam veteran and operates a radio he tries reaching out to people with (he's had no luck so far, but still keeps trying). Realizing he has valuable combat experience and training, the Postman enlists him to teach his followers. The guy later participates with them in an ambush on a Holnist patrol.
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* ''Literature/TheRunningGrave'': PosthumousCharacter Rust Andersen (an early Chapman Farms resident) was a Vietnam veteran who never returned to America, looks prematurely aged in a picture Robin sees, and spent decades living in a tent and avoiding crowds. He still comes across as having been [[OnlySaneByComparison more benevolent and grounded than most of his neighbors, both before and after the Waces’ takeover of the farm]]).
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* ''Film/TheMarksman'': Jim is a Vietnam Vet himself, specifically a former Marine Corps scout sniper, revealing he served two tours of duty. He still has medals he earned as a result, but doesn't talk much of his service. Jim however does tell Miguel that there's nothing good about killing other men (he does it presently only to protect himself or others).
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* Parodied, as with everything else, in ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'', where a couple of the characters claim to have fought in the 'Nam, despite the show being made and set in Britain, which never sent troops there; chalk this one up to RuleOfFunny (and in-universe, Garth Marenghi simply copying stuff he'd seen/read in various US-created media).
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* In "Copperhead Road" by Music/SteveEarle, the narrator, a HillbillyMoonshiner, volunteers to join the Army and gets sent to Vietnam. Afterwards, he starts growing marijuana instead of distilling moonshine and uses bushcraft and booby traps that he learned from fighting the Viet Cong to defend himself against the Feds.
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* In "Copperhead Road" by Music/SteveEarle, the narrator, the grandson of a HillbillyMoonshiner, volunteers to join the Army and gets sent to Vietnam. Afterwards, [[FromCamouflageToCriminal he starts growing marijuana instead of distilling moonshine on his grandfather's land]] and uses bushcraft and booby traps that he learned from fighting the Viet Cong to defend himself against the Feds.
