Scotland:Stories about soldiers and PTSD

Why is it that countries always seem to find the money to send them to war, but never manage to find it when they come home and need help because they went?

Soldier's Tale

Published Date: 15 May 2009
By Emma Cowing
TOMORROW morning eight soldiers from 1 Scots will rise at dawn to run 29 miles over the Southern Uplands, raising money and awareness for Poppy Scotland's Hearts & Heroes charity. Who better to illustrate its efforts in healing wounds that are not always physical than two veterans of the Iraq war, who came through it with very different experiences.

'If it wasn't for the charities, I would probably be in jail'

ON THE sideboard of Derek Carruthers' small but immaculate living room sits a picture frame. Inside are four polished medals, one for each of his operational tours on active service as a corporal in the army's Royal Logistics Corps – Kosovo, Afghanistan and two in Iraq.
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