Ok.. First off Kenny, your link goes to Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
Correct link:
http://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Days-My.../dp/B009ZX45I6
Second. I'm a Vietnam Veteran. I'm going to try to read this and try to comment later. I too dealt with what is now called PTSD. Not at this level, but still the discussion hits a few nerves. Later...