Vets feel 'alone' in their guilt
A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo thinks of himself as a killer — and he carries the guilt every day. "I can't forgive myself," he says. "And the people who can forgive me are dead." With American troops at war for more than a decade, there's been an unprecedented number of st…
Read in full »
Veterans Work to Bring Those Left Behind to US
Officially, the war in Iraq is over. And US troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan. But for some US veterans already home, their mission still continues. Recently I met three vets, all students at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. We gathered in a small room on campus and the veterans broke out their laptops to show me documen…
Read in full »
Veterans battling myriad challenges
When Anthony Vidales walked out of a lie detector test as part of his application process at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department earlier this month, he wanted to cry. He failed the test, he said, due to irregular breathing, a condition he contracted from radiation, pollution and burn pits he was exposed to while fighting in Iraq. “They to…
Read in full »
