Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: It's an iconic image from the War on Terror - but the heroic Marine captured fighting the Taliban without his helmet now has flashbacks, violent outbursts and even tried to kill himself... so why won't the VA give him the help he needs?
* Staff Sergeant William Bee heard a single shot from what he feared was a Taliban sniper, so he grabbed his rifle
* The Marine - whose wife Bobbie was seven months pregnant with their first son - wasn't wearing a helmet or Kevlar
* Seconds after pointing his weapon at a window 150 meters away, his world was plunged into complete darkness
* He survived the close call in 2008 and the sequence of photographs were printed and broadcast around the world
* Seven years since, in his first interview, Bee tells Daily Mail Online in his last tour he killed a Taliban commander
* But since he returned home, he has constant flashbacks, suffered a string of violent outbursts and has tried suicide
* He also says he’s struggled to get the psychiatric help he truly needs from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA)
* Bee accuses government agency of having too many bureaucrats making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year
When Staff Sergeant William 'Bill' Bee heard a single shot from what he feared was a Taliban sniper, he quickly grabbed his rifle and prepared to fire back.
The Marine - whose wife Bobbie was seven months pregnant with their son Ethan - risked his life by running to a nearby wall without wearing his helmet or Kevlar vest and aimed at a window 150 meters away. Seconds later his world was plunged into darkness.
The bullet missed his head by inches and caused the sandbank in front of him to explode, but his friends fighting alongside him in the 24th Expeditionary Unit thought he had been hit.
WNU Editor: Staff Sergeant William Bee concerns about the VA are justified .... and here is the latest VA scandal .... Here Are The Documents Showing Massive Whistleblower Retaliation At Phoenix VA (Daily Caller).
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