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SgtJim
08-28-2014, 06:38 AM
-- long life Joshua! --
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VENICE, La. (AP) — Two tours in Afghanistan took a toll on Joshua Ploetz.


The former Marine was injured in a roadside bomb. He lost friends in combat, and later, to suicide. When the Winona, Minnesota, resident returned from the war eight years ago, he was coping with post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, the fallout from a minor stroke and other injuries. Adapting to civilian life proved difficult. Relationships failed, employment was hard to come by and, Ploetz said, he had an overwhelming feeling of being "lost."

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