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Troubled Huntington GI aided by new center

When Sgt. Stanford Mendenhall returned to Huntington from duty in Iraq with the "Fighting 69th" infantry, he found himself unable to work, suffering repeated flashbacks and severe chest and back pain and getting no help from military sources.

The pain began in Baghdad, where Mendenhall patrolled the dangerous airport road, seeing explosive deaths and destruction and helping pick up body parts....

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