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  • Sick Veteran Battles Bureaucracy Back Home

    08/13/2003 4:31:43 PM PDT · by B4Ranch · 27 replies · 116+ views
    ap.tbo.com ^ | Aug 12, 2003 | Lolita C. Baldor
    Sick Veteran Battles Bureaucracy Back Home By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press Writer Published: Aug 12, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) - After Army Sgt. Vannessa Turner survived a still-unknown illness doctors feared would kill her, she thought her toughest battle was over. But since a military flight brought Turner home she says she's had to fight to get medical treatment and can't even get personal items returned. The homefront, she's finding, can be as daunting as the front lines in Iraq. "It's easier to stay a soldier and be in harm's way than to come home and get care," said Turner,...