For me, it was a valuable life experience growing up among older men who had served in Korea and WWII, including my father. It was equally valuable, though more difficult, to watch those young men only slightly older than myself coming back from Vietnam with terrible wounds, which, as time has shown were not always visible.
As a consequence, I have always hesitated to complain about physical pain of any kind, biting my tongue whenever possible. But sometimes, it's challenging, for sure - like right now, as I had surgery four days ago and it doesn't feel all that terrific, yet. :nometalk: