Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism (https://iowawatch.org/tag/veterans-affairs/)
Time slowly has healed some, but not all, of the wounds for Vietnam War veterans in Iowa, even though more than 42 years have passed since the last soldiers, one of them an Iowan, died in that war.
As military veterans leave their positions in the armed forces, some face daunting reality of homelessness, a summer IowaWatch report revealed. We take you into the reporter’s notebook for this podcast interview with the project’s author, Thomas Nelson.
Depression and anxiety led Michael Washington down a route to homelessness. He said he still struggles adapting to civilian life but has a home and job, and wants to attend college again.
Jarome Thompson has been homeless three times since being discharged from the Army in 1983. He lives in Marion, Iowa, now and is getting help to stay off the streets.