Veterans' need for mental health services transcends modern era

(Editor’s note: Capitalization, phrasing and line breaks from Walt Whitman’s poem “An Artilleryman’s Vision” used in this column have been retained in keeping with the original meaning of the work.)

When I did not receive my weekly email of his political rants, I was uneasy. When I emailed him to inquire and it got kicked back as “undeliverable” I felt worse. When I called his cell phone number and it was disconnected, I knew what had occurred.

This Air Force veteran friend of mine lived on his family’s estate in Keene, New Hampshire on a ramshackle piece of property that was part of the famil...