Anisa Palmer
U.S. Army
Iraq combat Veteran, 82nd Airborne, founder of I Will Survive
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In their words
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Hear it at 2:38“Boot camp in South Carolina was in the winter. Brutal. So, I had hypothermia and pneumonia at the same time.”
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Hear it at 13:21“I remember being a civilian, postmilitary experience, and I couldn't do fireworks, like, forever.”
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Hear it at 21:25“Not a single tear or a single scar is ever going to be wasted. It’s going to be used to bless the world.”
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Hear it at 35:57“I met so many people when I [got] out who weren't living in the purpose.”
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Hear it at 36:37“It makes me sad that some people don’t have a little piece of joy, a little piece of purpose that they’re living every day.”
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Hear it at 37:57“I went through a horrible divorce and my ex-husband was a Veteran.”
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Hear it at 53:48“I never disclosed it ever until I was having so many Veterans who were sharing, men and women, stories overseas of molestation, rape, all the things.”
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Hear it at 54:05“How am I supposed to help people until I can help myself?”