Brit vet with PTSD compiling poems, prose by fellow sufferers

RAF MILDENHALL, England — British army veteran Tony McNally went to war for Britain at age 19 in the 1982 war with Argentina over control of the Falkland Islands.
McNally was in an anti-aircraft unit, making his Rapier class weapon the first line of surface-to-air defense against incoming jet fighters. But as he recalls, an electrical fault rendered his weapons system useless during an attack, and he witnessed many horrors as enemy aircraft killed dozens of his comrades.
According to Imperial War Museum figures, 255 Britons and 635 Argentines died in the war — which lasted only 74 days. Although McNally said he began experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder shortly after his service, he battled with his own understanding of his behavior for nearly two decades.
“I started writing poetry about 10 or 12 years ago, when I was diagnosed with PTSD by a civilian doctor,” he said. “I didn’t want to believe her. I didn’t really understand it. It’s like she was trying to put a label on me.” Read more HERE






A big thank you to David Hodge  a stand up guy  who stood up to the plate for this article.