Abstract
The literature on Vietnam combat veterans suggests that ethnicity is a key variable in influencing perceptions of the war and post-war adjustment. Because they bore a physical resemblance to the Vietnamese, Asian-Pacific American (A-PA) veterans may have faced unique psychosocial conflicts. We gathered data on war-time and post-war experiences for 44 A-PA veterans in Vietnam including a strong identification with the Vietnamese and enstrangement from their white comrades in arms. Mississippi Scale scores indicated that rates of PTSD for A-PA veterans were about the same as those reported for white vets in earlier studies, but ethnic subgroups of A-PA veterans earned substantially higher scores than whites.
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