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COLUMN: War brings devastating mental, physical injury to soldiers

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From: University Wire
Date: 20060224
Author:Mark Vierthaler

Mark Vierthaler
University Wire
02-24-2006
(University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- "Do not weep maiden for war is kind./Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky/And the affrighted steed ran on alone,/Do not weep./War is kind."

More than 100 years ago, Stephen Crane penned his famous poem, "War is Kind," as a denouncement of the ravages of war and its effects on soldiers.

Now, with the death toll in Iraq reaching nauseating numbers, 2,480 according to CNN.com, some soldiers are returning to our shores in emotional turmoil. Much like Vietnam, there hardly seems to be any ...

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