A Mother's Sorrow: One Soldier's Suicide

A Mother's Sorrow: One Soldier's Suicide

Posted by Garland McLaurin, American News Project at 3:09 PM on July 30, 2008.



Marine Corporal James Jenkins is one of the many unsung casualties of war.
Suicides among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reaching epidemic proportions. More than 6,000 veterans took their lives in 2005 alone, according to a study by CBS News. By some estimates, veterans are attempting suicide 1,000 times a month.

Marine Corporal James Jenkins of New Jersey was one of these unsung casualties of war. A decorated veteran of the Iraq invasion and the Battle of Najaf, he took his own life after serving 22 months overseas. His mother, Cynthia Fleming, shares his story with ANP -- a tragedy that is being repeated 15 times a day in this country.
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http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/93370/a_mother's_sorrow:_one_soldier's_suicide/