Robert Johnson
Sep. 3, 2011
He left a promising career in finance, joined the Army after 9/11, overcame Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and started a non-profit to drive money toward PTSD research—but he's convinced the media's not giving him a chance.
"Sometimes it feels like I keep hitting walls," he says. "It seems people are just ready for all this to be over."
But the wars are not over, and Parson's Graffiti of War project takes the experiences all combat vets share and shapes it into an outlet to ease the transition from the platoon to the street.
The idea began with when Parsons thought back to all the art-covered t-walls and Jersey barriers he'd left behind in Iraq. He put up a website calling for pictures, and the response was overwhelming. He took an expedition back, and collected hundreds of images before they were lost forever.
Now the artwork is pouring in, forming a bond among veterans, but also conveying the violent, life-changing trauma of war to the people who weren't there.
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