Many Vietnam veterans struggled upon returning to the United States.
They wrestled with the psychic trauma of the war and felt isolated and
out of place, rejected by their country. Author Daryl Paulson, a Vietnam
vet, experienced the same feelings of displacement and despair. But he
eventually understood that the Vietnam experience was an initiatory one,
complete with a call to adventure, an initiation, and a return home with
a new identity as a hero, a veteran. In "Walking the Point," Paulson's
healing journey provides a wise example for veterans of Vietnam and
other wars, as well as their loved ones.