Retirement is supposed to be a time of reward after a lifetime of working. But for an increasing number of Vietnam vets, the opposite is true, as the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder rear their heads for the first time.
A report from NPR on southwest Florida's WGCU says that among the many boomer retirees to Florida, many are Vietnam veterans. And among those vets, a "significant number" are showing the signs of PTSD when they never experienced them before.
Florida already boasts nearly half a million Vietnam vets, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures, and while many of them have been able to keep PTSD symptoms at bay for decades, the onset of retirement has brought the problem out into the open.
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