Friday August 18 was an afternoon when many people from camp traveled to Killene, about an hour’s drive southwest of Crawford, where the Ft. Hood Military Base is. This was the base where Casey Sheehan was stationed.
This is also the base where Suzanne Swift
the Army Specialist was stationed, who refused to return to Iraq because of the extreme duress she suffered in the form of sexual harassment at the hands of three of her commanding officers. She continues to be harassed and “punished” (by not receiving treatment for PTSD and being assigned to active duty despite her health problems). The action was in part to stand in solidarity with Suzanne and in part also to educate GI’s on their rights.
Above right: One of our participants became ill from heat exhaustion and as he began to feel better, he slipped and fell on some water, cracking his head open as it hit a pole and injuring his hip on a pipe protruding from the ground. Tom and I went to the emergency room to wait for him as he was treated. Our camp Medic, Carl, stayed with him in treatment.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 