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Last Updated: Friday, 12 August 2005, 14:14 GMT 15:14 UK
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Audio slideshow: Healing the scars of war
Aaron Jones, 25, is an infantryman in the Connecticut National Guard. He went to Iraq in March 2004, hoping to see enough combat to earn a badge. He was wounded two months later, when a roadside bomb exploded as his convoy passed. Since returning to the US, he has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder. Here, he tells his story.

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Surviving Iraq

The wounds of war can be mental as well as physical
Introduction: The trauma of war

UNITED STATES

Aaron Jones Audio slideshow
Veteran Aaron Jones describes how the war has changed him

Veterans' invisible wounds

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