One of the reasons was that, thanks to the media, these veterans knew that they were fighting in a very unpopular war and this led many soldiers to think: "Why are we here?" Americans were losing their lives defending rice farmers in a country most of them had never even heard of. Because the war was so unpopular, many veterans felt unappreciated and sometimes forgotten. In the fighting, fifty-eight thousand Americans were killed, two thousand were captured, and nearly three hundred and fifty thousand were wounded or reported missing. Many American Vietnam veterans suffered injuries, and those who remain alive still endure these disabilities to this day. Most of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam were volunteers, until supply lines began to run low and the American government had to implement a draft. Most of the recruits came straight from high school and were sent into the fierce battle of Vietnam (The Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War, 2016). This played a huge mental role in the soldier's psychological lifestyle, especially for the soldiers who survived and made it home. Fighting for a cause that not many of a soldier's friends and family support has a significant effect on a person's mind, especially after having just watched brothers die for a "lost cause." Many men who returned home had to face