Six Decades After War Wounded Him, WWII Veteran Died After Vindication

Combat veterans face ‘cruel’ struggle to prove their service to VA, amid missing records 
FOX News
By Ruth Ravve
Published March 27, 201

"I have a huge box of letters that he sent to the VA over the years in his attempt to get benefits," said Friedman's wife of 61 years, Minna Rae. "He tried over and over and over again to get help, but they just kept turning him down."

Friedman -- who, as he would later learn, suffered from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- was not alone.

Garrett said he was stunned to learn that six decades after the war ended, a soldier was still locked in battle.

Once he got benefits, Friedman had greater access to care, which included long-awaited therapy for PTSD.

"We're very fortunate he lived long enough to get verification for his service because many other World War II vets died before that happened," Minna Rae said.

In the final years of his life, Stanley Friedman was eventually able to move to a veterans' residence not far from his suburban Chicago home, called the Green House homes at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.

He found peace among the caring staff and his fellow veterans.

Friedman died in his sleep there at the age of 94
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