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Combating Wounds Within: Robert Vessels

April 1, 2017

Within a week of graduating high school, Robert Vessels was in basic training to join the U.S. Infantry. Military life was something he says he had idolized since he was boy. When he returned home, the isolation set in as he experienced the effects of post-traumatic stress. Hear how he tried to escape that isolation in his own words.

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