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Veterans LIVE Memorial Day
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Veterans LIVE Memorial Day

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Every day is Memorial Day for a combat veteran who often struggle for years, if not a lifetime, to make sense of what happened in war, according to Dr. Pat Stone, a decorated Vietnam veteran.

Editorial: They don’t need it. We do.
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Editorial: They don’t need it. We do.

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Pat Stone went to war in the steamy jungles of Vietnam almost four and a half decades ago, yet the sadness and horror of his combat experience remain fresh in his memories, emerging through the course of any average day.

Vets share combat lessons
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Vets share combat lessons

  • Kathy Ursprung
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The book “Living the Oath: Warriors Take It, Families Endure It” written by Marine mom and The Dalles Chronicle reporter RaeLynn Ricarte has 35 chapters and includes stories from 29 warriors and military family members.

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Vets reach out to peers

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Soldier suicide prompts action he recent suicide of an Oregon National Guard soldier with ties to The Dalles has spurred two veterans to take action in hopes of preventing another tragedy.

‘Hidden Wounds’
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‘Hidden Wounds’

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Feelings of guilt from military service contributed to alcoholism for the late Wayne Ryan Air Force veteran Wayne Ryan battled alcoholism for decades before his body could no longer overcome the medical complications caused by his addiction.