Word: woundedness
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It was the kind of courtesy that was apparently reserved for such overnight guests. A recent Washington Post exposé revealed that some wounded soldiers were placed in outpatient facilities plagued by mice, mildew and mismanagement. It's a shocking account, and not only for ordinary Americans who know Walter Reed...
My treatment was exemplary. But I never saw Building 18, the notorious barrack described in the Post account, nor heard more than routine grumblings about red tape from outpatients living on the hospital grounds. Compared with the VA systems that many wounded vets later encounter, Walter Reed seemed cozy and...
We expect the best for our wounded. They occupy a special place in the national consciousness. No matter what most Americans think of President Bush's policies, we agree to put the interests of injured soldiers first. It wasn't that way for Vietnam vets, who were scorned and warehoused...
OUSTED. Francis Harvey, 63, U.S. Army Secretary; following the disclosure of embarrassingly poor conditions for war wounded at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center; in Washington. The hospital's commander, Major General George Weightman, was also dismissed. (See p. 100.)
Six days later, five rebels were dead and one wounded, Reinado was still on the run, and East Timor's streets had become battlegrounds as thousands of the rebel leader's supporters staged angry protests, threw rocks and torched houses. Dili, the capital, was relatively quiet as Time went to...