Home, a Place of Healing for Soldiers

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Home, a Place of Healing for Soldiers
November 29, 2008
The Virginian-Pilot

VIRGINIA BEACH - Spc. Edward Bennett helped detect and detonate roadside bombs in Iraq for almost a year before he realized something was wrong.

Dizzy spells. Memory lapses. Slight coordination problems.

A brain scan revealed that Bennett suffered from traumatic brain injury, one of the signature combat wounds of the Iraq war.

Bennett, a member of the Virginia National Guard's 237th Engineer Battalion, was flown to Germany in June for treatment, then spent two months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Now, even though he's still on active duty and getting treatment, Bennett, 22, is once again living at home with his wife in Virginia Beach.


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