Military PTSD victims deserve Purple Heart

[Royal777]

I have not been politically involved with anything since Vietnam. However, recently I read an article in The Daily Beast called, "How The Purple Heart Can Help Heal Veterans With PTSD.

It motivated me to start the petition listed below.

A little about me:
1. I still carry shrapnel in my hip from Veitnam. However, since the medic who treated me didn't list how it get there - no Purple Heart.

2. I have a very rare form of cancer from agent orange and am 100% disabled - no Purple Heart.

3. I suffer from PTSD and am 100% unemployable. - no Purple Heart.

My time has come and gone but I would like to think if we can get this approved it will help others who suffer from PTSD and deserve this.

PTSD Deserves Purple Heart link.
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ptsd-deserves-purple.fb30?source=c.fb&r_by=8611803

Please share

Thank you for your time and consideration.
Jim

[LiberalElite]

1. signed -

Also K&R. My uncle was a paratrooper the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. Later, as a civillian, he walked away from a wife and a post in the NYFD. He spent the rest of his life as an itinerant alcoholic dishwasher in diners. I only learned from watching When Weather Made History on the Weather Channel how horrific that campaign was. I believe my uncle suffered from PTSD and I blame that "good" war.

[Royal777]

2. Thank You

Back then they called it shell shock. If you ever watch documentaries on that time and they interview them, many times it still brings them to tears. Thank you again. Jim