Overcoming despair: How a wounded Green Beret came back stronger
Jul 02, 2019
3 minutes
When Green Beret Kevin Flike was severely wounded and flown out of Afghanistan, he thought he was leaving the war behind. “Little did I know my battles were just beginning,” he tells a veterans’ gathering in Lynn, Massachusetts, like he’s told so many groups around the country.
An articulate Ivy League graduate dressed in a sharp suit, it’s difficult to imagine him spending long painful nights on the couch, tears streaming down his face.
But that’s exactly why Mr. Flike came to speak here this spring before veterans and others concerned about the toll
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