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U.S. sending traumatized troops back again and again to war

By | 11.11.10 | 12:16 pm

ALBUQUERQUE– Searching to describe his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, Joseph Callan paused, his gaze momentarily distant.

“I see dead people,” he said, scoffing. “In crowds, I’ll think, ‘that’s Howzer!’ or somebody else,” the former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant explained. “I know they’re dead. I saw them dead. But I feel compelled to confirm it’s not them, to see them from another angle. So I’m ducking through a crowd to get another look at them and it’s always just some random (person).”

New VA Clinic, Not a Moment Too Soon

By | 05.01.07 | 11:51 am

Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) announced today the establishment of a new community-based Veterans Administration health care clinic in Burlington that is expected to serve 10,000 Colorado veterans.

“This is a great victory for the veterans of eastern Colorado,” said…