answer:Because, for one thing, you got to see the absolute worst of it every day. It was horrible. All war is horrible. And when it hits that not only is this war as horrible as the rest, it wasn’t even needed. You saw kids disfigured for life, killed, unimaginable injuries….for what? All that horror, combined with the negative back lash of your own American people, the sheer, overwhelming emotion surrounding that war…it would be weird if you didn’t get emotional. I get emotional just thinking about it and I was 11 when Nixon officially announced the end. And…thank you for your service.