Study reveals toll of war on younger veterans

By Dan Harrison
Updated December 10 2014 - 10:18am, first published November 16 2014 - 12:47pm
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan
Troubled by his experiences: Rob Pickersgill, a veteran who suffers from PTSD. Photo: Jay Cronan

It's an image that still haunts Rob Pickersgill 20 years later. A Rwandan soldier shot in the chest, blood pumping from the wound, while his comrades smoked cigarettes nearby.

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