Coming Home In Pieces -- Need To Know on PBSToday's wars have minted a new generation of physically healthy, psychologically damaged veterans.
The following is adapted from “Lethal Warriors: When the New Band of Brothers Came Home,” a book about soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), specifically those of the 506th Infantry Regiment, who unleashed a series of brutal crimes on Colorado Springs after returning from a tour in Iraq. That regiment, which since World War II had been called the Band of Brothers, was renamed the Lethal Warriors after their second tour in Iraq, and true to their name, they brought the violence home with them.
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My Comment: My father was a World War 2 vet, and he carried the war with him until he died a few years ago. Wars throughout history have produced physically fit but psychologically damaged soldiers .... the current wars are not different. What is different .... is that unlike my father's generation .... the current generation is more up to date and aware of the psychological turmoil that soldiers go through, and why treatments should be devised to take care of them when they leave the service. My only hope is that it will make a difference.
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