How is the Vietnam War still impacting the lifestyle of today’s retirees?

Throughout our lifetime, we experience dramatic events that directly impact the way we live. Tragic or celebratory, we often recognize the short-term ramifications, without realizing the long-term psychological impact that follows us throughout life. For many of today’s retirees, the Viet Nam War was a key milestone that impacted every aspect of life in the 1960s. While lessons were learned from past history, few of us realize the continued significance of this traumatic event on today’s retiree. For the past three decades retirement communities have been designed for the “Silent Generation.” These sun-seeking retirees’ formulative years were experienced in 50s and early 60s, prior to the war. Their retirement years were seen as validation of a life well lived, and…