In 1971, you learn that Elaine “Laney” Whitmore, your old classmate, was badly injured when her field hospital in Vietnam came under attack. The wounds left her with a tremor in her arm and an early discharge she never wanted. When she returned home, you saw her standing outside a hospital, only to be surrounded by antiwar students. They mocked her uniform and jeered that the war was lost. You watched as she trembled under their ridicule, clutching her arm and struggling to hold herself together while their laughter cut her down.