For Women Veterans, Battles Go On at Home

For Women Veterans, Battles Go On at Home
Female Vets Face Lower Pay, Higher Incidence of Homelessness and Fewer Services than Their Male Counterparts
By Russ Mitchell

(CBS) More than 212,000 female service members have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan - 11 percent of the total force. One hundred twenty have been killed in action and more than 600 wounded, but the losses don't end there. CBS News correspondent Russ Mitchell reports on the battles these female warriors face after they return home.

Angela Peacock is just 30 years old, a veteran of the Iraq war who was discharged from the Army for health reasons and became homeless.

"Why does it have to be so hard," she sobs, "to just have a home and to just have a normal life?"

Peacock says she was living "from couch to couch" and "cleaning people's houses so I could stay with them."
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For Women Veterans Battles Go On at Home