FRANK RESSLER'S SONS COMMENT ABOUT PTSD
Frank & Bertha Ressler had 4 sons: Clarence, Andy, Victor, and Charles and all saw battle - I believe in WWII. They all married, had jobs or their own businesses, and seemed to have adjusted to civilian life fine - at least from what I could see. None were drunks, drug addicts, wife or child beaters, etc. They just seemed to be settled, responsible community members. Source: personal collection During my teen years in the 1980's when Vietnam and Vietnam vets were still spoken of as if they were curse words I was privileged to overhear a few comments by my gr-uncles as they discussed "the war". When there was a break in their conversation, I quietly asked what did they think the cause was for the Vietnam vets coming back and having such adjustment problems back into "real" life? By the looks on their faces, this was something they had discussed among themselves before. Uncle Andy was the spokesman for the response, which started as "troop ships