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Some of them died at their own hands; we witnessed it; we experienced their
torment. We suffered with them.
How many Purple Heart recipients were denied GI Bill benefits?
Should their GI Bill benefits be reinstated?
An assessment by the Justice Department in 2007 estimated that 223,000,
(mostly Vietnam-era Veterans) served their country without receiving
treatment for illnesses that contributed to their imprisonment.
We saw the failure of the chain of command to provide treatment. We
experienced the maltreatment and the steady downward slide of those
soldiers. Their drug abuse and their drinking became uncontrollable.
Those soldiers needed medical help, not ridicule, not abandonment.
