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War Stories Echo an Earlier Winter

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The parking lot of the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md. was a crossroads of discontent Friday. Soldiers and veterans for and against the Iraq war had something to say about testimony offered during a hearing sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against the War.
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At a session on shortcomings in veterans' health care, audience members sobbed as Joyce and Kevin Lucey described the suicide of their son, Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Lucey, a death they blamed on his inability to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Mental health specialists were on hand to help speakers and audience members, and a workshop was offered on PTSD.

Those who spoke yesterday described the experience as intimidating.

"It was terrifying for me," said Steven Casey, a former 1st Armored Division specialist from Missouri who also described the AC-130 attack. "I knew somebody needed to hear it. All I wanted to do is say what I saw. I'm not accusing anyone of a crime."

The conference can be viewed athttp://www.ivaw.org.

Staff writer Hamil R. Harris contributed to this report.


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