Wounded Warriors Return Home to Face a New Battle

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"In Vietnam most of our wounds were due to gunshot wounds," he began. "Today's environment involves explosives and other things that tear off body parts, leaving them psychologically disadvantaged. As a result, guys are having a hard time getting jobs."

"Suicide rates are up in the military today and you can track that back to what they're going through," [George Hamilton] said. "The VA [Veterans Administration] is overwhelmed with these sort of stories."

"We want to show the corporate world that there is an advantage to hiring someone that has been severely wounded, especially an amputee," he stated. "You get the average 18-yearold kid; nine times out of ten they don't know how to address someone properly on an interview. However, you take a kid that's gone into combat; he's gone through a tremendous amount of training."

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Wounded Warriors Return Home to Face a New Battle

After serving several years in Iraq and Afghanistan, many soldiers return angry, violent, and suicidal, unable to forget wartime experiences.

Oddly enough, these same brave veterans are kicked out of service...

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