A Soldier's Courage

Recovery from war injuries takes a lifetime

Norris Galatas spends most of his time on the campus of Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. The Mississippi Army National Guardsman lives in the Guest House - his second home until his surgeries are done.

He hopes to be back for a visit this week, in time for his wife's book signing at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Wal-Mart Bonita Lakes store in Meridian.

Her self-published book, A Soldier's Courage by Janis Galatas, is about him.

"She's really proud of it," he says. "It's opened a lot of people's eyes."

About the war, he means.

Norris Galatas' story, as told by his wife, personalizes these findings of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research:

An estimated 12 to 20 percent of veterans returning from Iraq are troubled by post-traumatic stress disorder.

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