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Marine Who Died, Wrote About War Stress

                   
military.com
May 18, 2008
        
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Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans and met the president. Twiggs had been through months of therapy for PTSD in which he said he was on up to 12 different medications, two weeks later he went absent without leave. [read full story]                    

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Marine and his brother killed: 'They probably had a pact'

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Post Traumatic Stress Claims Stafford County Marine

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Marine and his brother killed: 'They probably had a pact'

chicagotribune.com
May 19, 2008
        

One of the first Marines to write openly about his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder died last week in Arizona, in what appears to be a suicidal burst of violence. Marine Staff Sgt. Travis Twiggs, 36, had done three tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Travis had been...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

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May 19, 2008
        

Pinal County Sheriff's spokesman Mike Minter said no motive has been established. But Kellee Twiggs said the decorated Marine would still be alive if the military had given him enough help. "All this violent behavior, him killing his brother, that was not my husband. If the PTSD would have been...

                   

Post Traumatic Stress Claims Stafford Co. Marine

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May 19, 2008
        

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WUSA) -- A Marine staff sergeant who killed himself and his brother after a police chase in Arizona earlier this week was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD. Staff Sergeant Travis Twiggs had completed four tours in Iraq and had sought military help for a...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

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May 18, 2008
        

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met President George W. Bush. "He said, `Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

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May 18, 2008
        

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met President George W. Bush. "He said, `Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

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May 18, 2008
        

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met President George W. Bush. "He said, `Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

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May 18, 2008
        

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met President George W. Bush. "He said, `Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

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May 18, 2008
        

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met President George W. Bush. "He said, `Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

cbs3.com
May 18, 2008
        

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met President George W. Bush. "He said, `Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and...

                   

PTSD Marine Kills Brother, Self

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May 18, 2008
        

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ― Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met President George W. Bush. "He said, `Sir, I've served over there many times, and I would serve for you any time,' and...

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