These Civil War data represent a rare opportunity to look at medical records of war veterans over the life course, from a very young age until death. Not only are the data complete -- meaning all the veterans are deceased -- but the information is remarkably reliable because veterans' ailments were diagnosed by government physicians before being included in their official medical records.

Judith Pizarro

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Percentage of company killed is likely a powerful variable because it serves as a proxy for various traumatic stressors, such as witnessing death or dismemberment, handling dead bodies, traumatic loss of comrades, realizing one's own imminent death, killing others and being helpless to prevent others' deaths.

— Judith Pizarro

Almost any veterans of foreign wars can tell you war stories, especially after a couple of beers.

— Gene Westfall

We believe Mr. Cappetto's work is a unique and limited opportunity to compile the stories of these great American veterans, and to communicate to subsequent generations the first- hand accounts of their service to our country.

— George Clarke

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If it happens, it happens, ... we're not looking specifically for Iraq war veterans.

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And the Sonoma County veterans who have died in war to date have all been men. We didn't pick it, that's the way it is.

— Ross Liscum