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Happy Belated Veteran's Day (warning: downer)

Post by Hilary the Touched » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:27 pm

I thought about Veteran's Day on Sunday, which is when it's marked on MY calender! but I didn't get any mail yesterday, so . . . anyway, uh, consider yourselves thought about, vets.

Unfortunately that's about the extent of the care and consideration that many vets seem to be experiencing--check out some of these previous broadcasts on NPR: Programs on veterans
Estimates on the percentage of Iraq veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder range from 10-40%, and there are an estimated 1.5 million people who've been deployed to Iraq. Rates of suicide and attempted suicide are correspondingly high.

Um, here's a website: Military Families Speak Out.

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