The sounds of war in times of celebration: how fireworks affect veterans
SOUTH BEND - South Bend native Joe Siglawski enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1965, just as the U.S. began to send troops into Vietnam.Sixty years later — long after he returned home and the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, fell to the North Vietnamese — he still carries the mental and emotional scars from the war.He says he is never alone because of a constant ringing in his ear — the result of frequent gunfire and explosions. And, his son, David, said, his...
