Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Peleliu

  • Peleliu as a paradigm for PTSD: The two thousand yard stare

    Gregory RuteckiCleveland, Ohio, United States “I noticed a tattered marine…staring stiffly at nothing. His mind had crumbled in battle…his eyes were like two black empty holes in his head…Last evening he came down out of the hills. Told to get some sleep, he found a shell crater and slumped into it…First light has given his…