Veteran homelessness

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I was driving to the local drug store yesterday and saw a man walking down the sidewalk.

He saw my Vietnam sticker on the back of my truck and stopped to talk to me. He mentioned he, too, was deployed to Vietnam. I asked him a few questions to verify that he was indeed there. He answered them correctly. We kind of hit it off, and I asked him if he would like to discuss our past over a cup of coffee. He said he would entertain the idea.

I met him this morning for coffee. I noticed that he had the same clothes on that he had on prior. So, after an hour, I asked him what part of town he lived in. He told me that he was homeless. After a few more minutes, he explained the reasons for his homelessness.