[slow music] >>speaking: honestly, the vasaved my life. and they care. >>text: angie, army veteran,explore va health care >>speaking: i went to a smallbase in south korea. it was one of the smallest; iwas the third woman ever allowed on there, and i ended up gettingraped really brutally, and my company commander brushed itunder the rug, and i had to stay there and working with this guy,and nothing was done. but it didn't take long for allthe suffering i had endured to
cause me to want to drink tocover it up. every time i tried to push it down, it'd come outsideways. so i ended up becoming an alcoholic, and i ended uppulling myself out of it by moving and disengaging withthose people. and then i was introduced to crack, so ... well if it wasn't for the va, iwouldn't be alive. i wouldn't be where i am today, that's forsure. eventually i started becoming more interestedin what they had to offer and you get those pamphlets or youlook online and it will tell you
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