walter reed army medical center

February 18, 2007

Walter Reed and Beyond: Exposé of the harsh conditions for injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Dana Priest and Anne Hull, Walter Reed and Beyond. The Washington Post, numerous articles published between 18 February and 2 December 2007. “Walter Reed and Beyond follows the care and treatment of the men and women who came home from battle in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. It examines the promises made, and the reality lived, in the aftermath of war.”

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Winner of the 2007 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism.

Winner of the 2008 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting.

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February 18, 2007 Filed Under: Health Care/Medical, National Security, War/War crimes Tagged With: afghanistan war, army major general george w. weightman, injured soldiers, iraq war, marines, military culture, veterans, walter reed army medical center, walter reed building 18

February 18, 2005

Behind the walls of Ward 54 at Walter Reed Hospital with Iraq war combat veterans

Mark Benjamin, Behind the walls of Ward 54. Salon, 18 February 2005. “They’re overmedicated, forced to talk about their mothers instead of Iraq, and have to fight for disability pay. Traumatized combat vets say the Army is failing them, and after a year following more than a dozen soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital, I believe them.”

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February 18, 2005 Filed Under: Health Care/Medical, War/War crimes Tagged With: alexis soto-ramirez, department of veterans affairs, disability pay, inpatient psychiatric ward 54 at walter reed, iraq war, national gulf war resource center, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), walter reed army medical center

Walter Reed and Beyond: Exposé of the harsh conditions for injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Behind the walls of Ward 54 at Walter Reed Hospital with Iraq war combat veterans

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