The homeless soldier

[Tim4319]

Is there a link with the story of a soldier whom after fighting the war in Iraq, came home to her child to live in a homeless shelter. If some one has that link, can you please paste it to this thread?

Thank you very much.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Yes

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/24/nyregion/24about.html?ex=1083470400&en=d1cf325c1dc53e9c&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE



Home From Iraq, and Without a Home
By DAN BARRY

Published: April 24, 2004

THIS is how Nicole Goodwin travels these days: with her 1-year-old daughter pressed to her chest in a Snugli, a heavy backpack strapped across her shoulders, and a baby stroller crammed with as many bags of clothes and diapers as it can hold. When you are a homeless young mother, these are the things you carry.

And tucked away somewhere are the documents attesting to Ms. Goodwin's recent honorable discharge from the United States Army, as well as Baghdad memories that are still fresh.

Two months ago, she returned to Bronx circumstances that were no less difficult than when she had left them three years earlier; no yellow ribbons greeted her. Now, every day, she soldiers on to find a residence where the rent is not covered by in-kind payments of late-night bus rides to shelters and early-morning rousting. All the while, she keeps in mind the acronym she learned in the Army: Leadership. L is for loyalty; D for duty; R for respect; S for selfless service; H for honor; P for personal courage. "And I is my favorite," she says. "It's integrity."

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2. unemployment for black males in NYC is 44%...

I don't know that black female unemployment rate is much better. Nicole can't get a job that would let her house her child.