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Veterans' Suicides: The War Casualties You Aren't Hearing About »

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Three young men served honorably in Iraq, but came home unable to cope with their memories of combat. Each one sought help from the military or from the VA. But in each case, the hospital was overbooked, the counselors didn't listen, or the bureaucracy moved too slowly. Only months after their return from war, these young heroes committed suicide.

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bubba2

I AM OUTTA here! The new format STILL S-U-C-K-S! Propeller has NO idea what "spam" is (or is not) and I am tired of dealing ...

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35Young and Invincible? They make too much to get free health care, but they can't afford to buy it.

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mcgrievysr
May 23, 2007, 10:54 a.m.
Unconscionable. Heinous. More blood on the hands of this administration.
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bubba2
May 23, 2007, 8:56 p.m.
I just noticed that someone sunk this story.
All I can say is - anyone that 'sinks' a story about young men in their 20s that served this country in an unjustified war only to come home with serious psychological problems and end up committing suicide, must have some serious problems of their own ...