War zone killing: Vets feel ‘alone’ in guilt

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press Former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo sits outside his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Kudo walks among civilians carrying a burden of guilt most Americans don’t want to share. A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Kudo thinks of himself as a killer. &ldquo...

WASHINGTON—A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo thinks of himself as a killer—and he carries the guilt every day.

“I can’t forgive myself,” he says. “And the people who can forgive me are dead....

Published: 02/23/2013