Camp helps families of service personnel deal with problems of returning war veterans

November 29, 2007|By Darryl E. Owens, Sentinel Staff Writer

When General Crumley III returned from Iraq, his children were delighted to have daddy home again — until they realized that the father they knew never returned from the war.

Having endured about 170 mortar attacks in less than six months, Crumley, 32, of Winter Park, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, couldn’t bear the playful clatter of his 4-year-old son, Freddie. He couldn’t seem to sit still, and he withdrew from his family.

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