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Byline: T. Trent Gegax
In his five months in Iraq, Army Spc. Charlie Perdue saw his share of violence. One day stands out. It was when a car came barreling toward the checkpoint he was manning in Bayji. Perdue and others opened fire, riddling the car with bullets. He then had to pull a dead passenger from the vehicle. "There was a lot of blood," he says quietly. "That was upsetting." Ever since, he's been plagued with nightmares in which he relives that awful moment in graphic detail. After he returned to Texas, he sought help. Doctors diagnosed the 23-year-old vet with posttraumatic stress disorder, and arranged for him to receive round-the-clock treatment at the Veterans...
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