The Warrior Heart October 2014 | Page 26

A Journal Entry by Chad Eppinette: One of the 22 Too Many Veterans Lost Everyday to Suicide Shared by Keri Jacobs and Kacey Eppinette "Although I managed to survive my 2nd tour with only mental and emotional scars, I feel as though the real me managed to die regardless. A portion, or maybe all, of who I was did not survive this conflict. My joy and youthfulness was murdered in cold blood. It was taken from me relentlessly and even without my knowing. I think I may have lost it on a cold brutal desert night when nothing else could possibly get worse. The night sky was streaming with tracer rounds and missile trails. Muzzle flashes emit [