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   They Call Me Dr. Breaux (doctorjaymarie@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 20-Mar-2023 08:58:16 JST They Call Me Dr. Breaux

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   My father was a US Army "combat medic", but in the 40s for a Black man that meant sanitation (the removal of bodies and parts from the battlefield.) The troops were segregated when he joined; desegregation came years later.

   He never talked about it when he got home from the war. He told my brothers that the military could be a good life, but only if they got a college degree and went in as an officer. He didn't want them to experience what he had.

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     They Call Me Dr. Breaux (doctorjaymarie@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 20-Mar-2023 08:58:17 JST They Call Me Dr. Breaux

     #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #PTSD #USMilitary

     This is simply a continuation of tactics and unofficial policies that have been in place since the Revolutionary War era.

     Black veterans were more often denied VA benefits for PTSD than white counterparts, newly surfaced study shows
     https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/black-veterans-denied-va-benefits-ptsd-more-often-whites-rcna75334

     藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii repeated this.