Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Sgt. Brigg's War

Sgt. Brigg's War


Veterans for Common Sense highly recommends reading and sharing this article. Army Sergeant "Bob Briggs got a head full of shrapnel in Iraq. Then he came home to more wars: to regain the use of his half-paralyzed body, and to get the U.S. government to pay for his medical care." Operation Truth, the nation's largest Iraq War veteran organization, teamed up with the Minneapolis/St. Paul "City Pages" newspaper to write one of the most detailed articles yet about the impact of the Iraq War on both an individual soldier and our entire nation. Reporter Molly Priesmeyer wrote a thorough and brilliant article






BY MOLLY PRIESMEYER

Illustration: Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson // Photos: Fred Petters



Bob Briggs got a head full of shrapnel in Iraq.
Then he came home to more wars: to regain the use of his
half-paralyzed body, and to get the U.S. government to
pay for his medical care.

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