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Welcome Home, Soldier: The Story of Scott Ostrom

source: http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/welcome-home-soldier-the-story-of-scott-ostrom/

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Update: "Welcome Home" has been named a winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize!

“Welcome Home” is a series of photographs about Iraq war veteran Brian Scott Ostrom, who suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, by Pulitzer Prize-winning “Denver Post” photographer Craig Walker. Walker has just been named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in the Missouri School of Journalism’s Pictures of the Year International Competition for the collection of photographs he took over 27 months about soldiers engaged in the Iraq war, which included the stunning images documenting the struggles of PTSD sufferer Brian Ostrom.

After serving four years as a reconnaissance man and having deployed twice to Iraq, Ostrom, who is now 27, returned home to the U.S. with a severe case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since his discharge, Ostrom has struggled with the demands of daily life, from finding and keeping employment to maintaining healthy relationships. But most of all, he’s struggled to overcome his brutal and haunting memories of Iraq and his guilt for things he did and didn’t do, while fighting a war in which he no longer believes.

This piece includes photographs, a photo-gallery and a documentary short film.

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10 comments // Welcome Home, Soldier: The Story of Scott Ostrom

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  • arteazul
  • simplecj
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    • Cannabis has been proven effective for treating PSTD, but they can get arrested for it because it has no medicinal value, or so the government says.

      Legalize it! Our soldiers need it!

    • 3 months ago
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  • The_Wanderer_Kansas
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    • Amazing post! Thanks so much... I however cannot stomach staying here and listening to the debate that this is going to arouse. Stop WAR! Stop violence! Stop the senseless!

    • 3 months ago
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  • wolfess
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    • I'm not protecting you from being attacked. ... I'm securing your leaders' wealth and their children's trust funds. War secures assets and makes people rich."

      THIS is what is wrong with this country -- we're not a collection of people doing what is best for the country, or our own communities, or our fellow human beings -- we are slaving away to give the 1% even more. It's way beyond time for this to stop; it's way beyond time to stop being the fuzz of the world; it's way beyond time for the GUILLOTINE!

      Pwr 2 all the vets that have fought too many worthless wars!
      GUILLOTINE the MIC; the 1% and their political WHORES!

    • 3 months ago
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