Monday, March 18, 2013

Heroic Iraq vet, Capt. Peter Linnerooth, who spent years counseling soldiers during the bloodiest stretches of the Iraq war loses struggle with PTSD, commits suicide

Associated Press
During his time as an Army psychologist, Linnerooth met with soldiers 60 to 70 hours a week to help them cope with the carnage of the battlefield. When he returned home to Minnesota in 2007, he battled PTSD, depression and anger, and ultimately turned a gun on himself earlier this year.