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Pentagon rules out giving Purple Hearts to veterans with PTSD
Published January 7, 2009, 10:48 pm, The Kansas City Star
The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart to war veterans who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound.
No Purple Hearts for victims of stress disorder
Published January 7, 2009, 10:28 pm, Pioneer Press
The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound.
Soldier struggles with redeployment
Published January 7, 2009, 10:25 pm, Daily Chronicle
Spc. Matthew Overton doesn’t like to sit with his back to the door.
Infant in critical condition at hospital
Published January 7, 2009, 10:04 pm, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
CORPUS CHRISTI — A baby girl who police believe has been abused remained in the intensive care unit in critical condition at Driscoll Children's Hospital Wednesday afternoon.
Sit-in at disability office ends after official promises meeting
Published January 7, 2009, 9:00 pm, The Joplin Globe
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Armed with handmade signs, noisemakers and even a camping tent, a group of physically disabled protesters and their care providers staged a sit-in Wednesday at the local branch of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in Pittsburg.
'Tetris' Game Quells Bad Flashbacks
Published January 7, 2009, 7:26 pm, LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
Tetris, one of the most popular video games ever, could help reduce flashbacks among people with post-traumatic stress disorder. A study of healthy volunteers who played the falling-blocks game for 10 minutes a half hour after viewing traumatic images of injury, including advertisements highlighting the dangers of drunk driving, showed that 20 game-playing subjects had significantly fewer ...
Woman Raises Vets' Morale With Pin-Up Calendar
Published January 7, 2009, 7:11 pm, Fox News
Pin-up art, a morale-booster for troops fighting overseas during World War II, is making a comeback -- or will be, if a California woman has anything to say about it.
Purple Heart Is Ruled Out for Traumatic Stress
Published January 7, 2009, 7:04 pm, New York Times
The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dispatches From The Edge: Guns, Butter and Obama
Published January 7, 2009, 6:48 pm, The Berkeley Daily Planet
Over the next several months there will be a battle for hearts and minds, but not in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Bay Shore's Fighting 69th returns from Afghanistan
Published January 7, 2009, 5:50 pm, Newsday
Soldiers returned home to an emotional greeting, marking an end to the unit's deployment to Afghanistan.
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