“It was still fairly quiet in the beginning,” says the former soldier. Until he received news that his father had also died. He went home, buried his father and had to take the first plane back to Lebanon. “Within a month, I and four men ended up in a shootout with the PLO. That lasted for hours.” He was left with shooting deafness and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “For forty years now, that beep has reminded me of that war.”
Veteran who camped at the Galgenwaard for two weeks goes home: ‘Finally recognition from Defense’
