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DO SOMETHING!
I am angry and getting more angry by the minute. The source of my anger is the research I have been doing on veteran suicides. I cannot find an end to the horror. I am ashamed that I have only come...
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Sean Alexander Dacus
A 31 year old veteran committed suicide Tuesday outside Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was a member of the 10th Mountain Family – he had served two tours in Iraq in his early...
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The 12 Days Before Christmas – 216 Veteran Suicides.
As we all go about merrily this holiday season I want to remind everyone of an unpleasant reality that will forever mar this season for an untold number of veterans’ families – the veteran suicide...
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Where is the sense in it all?
Can you hear me screaming? Can you feel veterans’ pain? Can you see the cost of their patriotism? Can you taste the families’ tears? Can you smell the fresh dirt that covers their graves? A veteran...
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Unacceptable losses
The suicide rate of active duty military members is up to about one a day. When we add this to the 18 veteran suicides a day that have been documented over the past few years we should be horrified....
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Just say the word…
Today my son Noah and I went to a forum on veteran issues held at the West Fargo VFW. A local candidate for the U. S. Senate was invited to hear and respond to the veterans’ thoughts, concerns,...
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There is no cheer for those who live the reality of the statistics…
On this Christmas Eve I would like to remind all of the readers of The New Forty that every 80 minutes a veteran commits suicide. These are brave men and women who have served our country faithfully...
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START SHRIEKING!
Some days I feel as if I am in the middle of a crowded room shrieking insanely but no one hears me. No one looks at me. No one stops what they are doing. It is as if I am invisible. I don’t...
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Futures lost and futures won…
Those who are currently serving or have served in the military, those who have a loved one who is serving or has served in the military, and those who have lost a loved one that served in the military...
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