The Things They Carry: Wounded Warriors--The Trauma of War

MUST WATCH: 26 minutes.

WHY WE NEED TO REFORM THE VA:

This memorial day listen to the shocking stories as Iraq and Afghanistan wounded warriors talk about a VA system that puts them through agonizing waits and keeps them on the margins of society, some of them homeless, while they must fight to prove their stress-related and even physical injury from nerve damage is service related.



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More than one million soldiers have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan over the last eight years. Close to 4,500 have died in Iraq and nearly 20 percent of those who return have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Well over 100,000 Iraqis have been killed. As Memorial Day approaches how will soldiers, families of soldiers, and the rest of our society reflect on the dead and those still living with the trauma of war? Today on GRITtv Darren Subarton a veteran who served in the Army?s 101st Air Borne Division, Joshua Kors who has written extensively on the experience of veterans returning from war, Dan Lohaus director of When I Came Home, and Nada Michael a student in Social Work at Smith College discuss the challenges veterans face, dealing with the VA, and what likely won't be discussed Memorial Day.

When I Came Home
(2006) NR
Herold Noel, an Iraq War veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds a bitter homecoming in this unflinching documentary. Forced to live in his car because he and his family don't qualify for housing assistance, the veteran navigates a quagmire of Army and city offices in search of help. But when Noel reveals his plight to the media, his moving story takes an unexpected turn. The film premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.And here is the rest of it.