Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1968. 1972 (Creation)
- 1989 (Creation)
- 1987 (Creation)
- 1981 - 1983 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Psychiatric aspects / reports of massacre / psychological aspects'. File of material relating to the psychological effect of war on members of the armed forces, including medical records pertaining to Varnado Simpson, Vietnam veteran (C Coy, 1st Bn 20th Inf) involved in massacre at My Lai, 16 Mar 1968, 1982-1983; news articles relating to psychological effect of involvement in the Vietnam War, 1972, 1981, 1989, and the response of Vietnam veterans to viewing the film 'Platoon', 1987. Also contains copies of articles by Chaim F Shatan titled 'Militarized mourning and ceremonial vengeance: bogus manhood and the language of grief', Draft paper presented to the Psychoanalytisches Seminar, Zurich, 23-24 Apr 1983; and 'Living in a split time zone: trauma and therapy of Vietnam combat survivors', 1987.