The Sergeant Lost Within

He cannot speak and can barely emit sound or move any part of his body, and sometimes it's as if the striking size of his eyes is a desperate attempt to let others understand who he is, to let them see inside his mind, because his brain can carry out so little in the way of communication. Full Story »

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Miriam Raftery
4.6
by Miriam Raftery - Oct. 1, 2008

This story humanizes the tragic aspects of this war. Most appalling to me was learning that besides the 900 "serious" traumatic brain injuries from this war, there are 300,000 other TBIs. I would have liked to hear more about those--how serious are they and what is the long-term prognosis for these soldiers? Does anybody really know?

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