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September 17, 2009

Invisible scars of war

John Mayo served a year in Iraq and came back needing medications for his PTSD and his wounds. Julia O'Malley interviewed him and his wife, baby in tow, about an incident that he doesn't remember: shoplifting from the Base exchange. It's gotten him kicked out of the Army.


But there's more to the story than that. [Anchorage Daily News]


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