From Troy or Baghdad: Coming home from war |
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Iraq and Afghanistan
Veterans' advocates and their allies in Congress estimate that 1.5 million veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are returning home, and estimate one in five of them will have PTSD.
One in three Iraq war veterans is seeking mental health services, according to a report by an Army panel of experts last year. (Iraq war veteran Jeffrey Lennon suffering from PTSD, feels he has not been given proper care from the VA. Bill Greene/ Globe Staff)
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