DAY NINE:
SUICIDAL VETERANS
“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
-Douglas MacArthur
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From The New York Times
Military Suicides for Post-9/11 Veterans are Four Times as High as Combat Deaths, A New Study Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/911-suicide-rate-veterans.html
From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention
Annual Report
https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/data-sheets/2021/2021-National-Veteran-Suicide-Prevention-Annual-Report-FINAL-9-8-21.pdf
From TEDxSanQuentin
How to end veteran suicide | Ron Self
https://youtu.be/IfG7WV-bN6Y
From Finding Your Cadence with L-Squared
Veteran Suicide: The Other Pandemic
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2NhZGVuY2VzZW5pb3JsaXZpbmcvZmVlZC54bWw/episode/Q2FkZW5jZVNlbmlvckxpdmluZy5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS9hNGYxYTkzOC1mZGMzLTM3N2MtOTNjZC0yMTA1ZWIwZjY0NWM?sa=X&ved=0CAgQuIEEahgKEwiQm57f-qT0AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQnQE
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