Hiding the Wounded

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http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/6680240.htm

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Since the war began, more than 6,000 military personnel have been flown back to the United States. The number includes the 1,124 wounded in action, 301 who received non-hostile injuries in vehicle accidents and other mishaps, and thousands who became physically or mentally ill.

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On Thursday night, a C-17 arrived at Andrews Air Force Base with 44 patients from Iraq. Ambulances arrived to take the most seriously wounded to the nation's two premier military hospitals, Water Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Dozens of others stayed overnight at what the Air Force calls a contingency aeromedical staging facility, which has taken over an indoor tennis club and an adjacent community center.

On Friday morning, smaller C-130 transports began arriving to take the walking wounded and less seriously injured to their home bases, from Fort Bragg in North Carolina to Fort Lewis in Washington state. Another C-17 was expected Friday night from Germany, with 12 patients on stretchers, 24 listed on the flight manifest as ambulatory and nine other passengers, either relatives or escorts.

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The continuing attacks on U.S. troops have become so common that Central Command usually issues news releases listing injuries only when the attacks kill one or more soldiers. The result is that many injuries go unreported.
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note the: "thousands who became physically or mentally ill."