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Las Vegas Veteran Shares Struggles with Suicide

Las Vegas Veteran Shares Struggles with Suicide

POSTED: JUN 18, 2011 12:12 AM
UPDATED: JUN 18, 2011 2:00 AM
By Aaron Drawhorn, Reporter - email
By Kash Cashell, Photojournalist - email
By Guy DeMarco, Content Editor - email
LAS VEGAS - Jason Shaw finished a seven-year stint in the U.S. Army. He was deployed for three and a half years in Iraq.

"In 2003, we did the initial invasion all the way up to Baghdad," he said.

Members of the military serve bravely. Many survive the battlefield, but an increasing number are dying on American soil at their own hands. May was the worst month in a year for suicides and potential suicides in the active-duty Army. For many, the cause is post-traumatic stress disorder.

"After 2005, really, my whole world just kinda' crumbled in on my own," Shaw said.

Shaw's story is featured in "Who Will Stand" - a documentary raising awareness about PTSD.
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Las Vegas Veteran Shares Struggles with Suicide

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