Army vet gets new home

Army vet gets new home
Posted at: 06/04/2013
By: Joseph Lynch
KOB Eyewitness News 4

Today in Albuquerque an Army Veteran was given a different kind of welcome home. It came with a set of keys he never thought he'd be able to hold.

Welcome home retired Army Sgt. Christopher Smith. This house in northwest Albuquerque is where the Smith's and their dog, Penelope, will call home from now on. It's a long way from rolling through the streets of Baghdad in a tank, but today takes Smith right back there.

"I think of all my buddies that gave up their life for something. I don't really like to talk about it, so I don't," he said.

Smith suffers from PTSD and nightmares, scars that no one can see from the outside.
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