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Marine gunner Anthony Klecker suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder
Tuesday, Jul. 08, 2008

Open quoteI was trying to be the tough Marine I was trained to be — not to talk about problems, not to cry. I imprisoned myself in my own mind.Close quote

  • ANTHONY KLECKER,
  • a gunner on the rear humvee of a 1st Marine Division convoy early in the war in Iraq who has since been diagnosed with severe posttraumatic stress disorder
Photo: Nina Berman / Redux | Source: NYTimes