Tag: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Veteran journeys 250 miles to East Brunswick for PTSD awareness
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK On a mission to raise the public’s awareness about returning veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Michael Dowens, the founder and president of Unbroken Warriors, walked from Washington, D.C., to the East Brunswick Memorial VFW Post 133. “Unbroken Warriors is a nonprofit group of volunteers who have…
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Veterans walking to Washington, D.C. for ‘Refuge’
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer HOLMDEL — After Mike Dowens was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2006, life went on. The veteran, who was a search-and-rescue swimmer with stints in the Middle East, Somalia, Liberia and Haiti, became a Holmdel police officer in 2008, and he and his wife, Christine, welcomed a baby boy.…