Would it be correct to say that mistreatment of Vietnam veterans was isolated and not widespread, but that it did happen? It would seem that way, from what I have learned. My grandmother said she saw mistreatment of Vietnam veterans on the News. Her brother (my uncle) was a Vietnam veteran who earned the Purple Heart in Vietnam. I never asked him if he was mistreated by the public, and neither did anyone else in my family. Even if we did, he would probably not have wanted to talk about it (nor did he want to talk about fighting in the war).