AdvertisementReverberations Of War Complicate Vietnam Veterans' End-Of-Life CareDecember 16, 2017April DemboskyfacebookEmailRon Fleming, who served as a door gunner on helicopters in the Vietnam War, was admitted to the veterans hospital in San Francisco recently because of an asthma attack. Fleming has PTSD, but told his doctors he doesn't want to take medicine for it. He's concerned the pills might dull the emotional connection he feels to his wartime past. (April Dembosky / KQED)