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In March of 2009, for the 6th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Maryland Morning talked to four different Marylanders about the effects of the invasion. These are their stories.  Retired Spc. Lawrence Towles stands next to a 1989 GMC Suburban he's been retrofitting with parts from old Army vehicles. Honorably Discharged...into a Recession  (8:30)Retired Spc. Lawrence Towles, a 23-year-old Iraq veteran from the eastern shore, started applying for jobs after receiving an honorable discharge from the Army last August. He says he has yet to hear back from anyone. Towles' wife is due to have their first baby this summer, and he hopes that he'll land a job as a prison guard by then and can move out of his in-laws' Deal Island home. More of Spc. Towless story: This is my K2500 1989 GMC Suburban I've just compiled all the pictures from the time I was in Iraq I love my AK External links: Jobless rate hits 11.2% for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans Maryland's Commitment to Veterans Maryland's "Network of Care" for veterans "Vets Helping Vets" from the Navy Times Maryland Morning segment on Virtual Reality Therapy used to treat PTSD  The dock where retired Spc. Lawrence Towles sat down with Maryland Morning to tell his story. From Baghdad to Baltimore (10:28)Sawsan is an Iraqi pharmacist who began doing humanitarian work in her country right after the start of the war; she said she was inspired by the potential she saw to make a positive impact. That work, though, made her life in the country dangerous. More of Sawsan's story: I didn't want people to be out of medication Then we saw someone on the TV saying 'They are hitting this area' I think the moment of Abu Ghraib was the worst moment in my life The last year I was in Baghdad I had to change my roads when going to work External link: The IRC in Baltimore  Cpl. Dale Allan Burger, Jr. in Iraq, Fall 2004 Corporal Dale Allan Burger, Jr. (12:06)Martina Burger remembers her son, Corporal Dale Allan Burger, Jr. More of Martina Burger's story: He would play soldier 'Mom, I'm almost there, I'm gonna be a Marine' In East Timor the Marines had a good will mission to do...to rebuild a school He got wounded that week before he got killed I feel that Dale would have the same hard time dealing with the trauma of war External link: Blog with remembrances of Corporal Burger A View from Afar (10:54)In this segment, we take a step back from stories of Marylanders personally affected by the invasion of Iraq and look at the impact of the conflict on the region. Dr. Gilbert Burnham is co-director of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response at Johns Hopkins. Web extra: More of Dr. Burnham's Interview External links: Dr. Burnham's website "The Human Cost of the War in Iraq" from the Lancet (pdf) |
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