PTSD book review, by Phill Coleman
- From: Otis Willie PIO The American War Library <themilitarytoday@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:15:10 GMT
PTSD book review, by Phill Coleman
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(EXCERPT) Not yet 25 yrs-old, Albert Dobbs was tired of living. Unable
to take his own life he concocted an idea to have someone take it for
him. Suiting-up in his Vietnam combat fatigues he loaded his gun and
walked into a Louisiana bar. The startled bartender, although never
actually threatened by Dobbs, leaped over the bar and beat Dobbs to a
pulp before calling police. Arrested, tried and convicted in less than
3 weeks, Dobbs was given a 12-year sentence at Louisiana's notorious
Hunt Prison for "attempted robbery".
Houston resident Charles Heads was angry with his wife for scooping up
his kids and running away to her sister's home in Shreveport. Arriving
there himself shortly after midnight a few days later, Heads kicked in
the front door and loudly demanded to speak to his wife. His
brother-in-law, asserting his position as protector of the ho...
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