Purple Heart's Final Beat - A Soldier Suicide Story

Winner of Best Short Film of the Year and Best Editing for the Mitten Movie Project 2010, Royal Oak, MI
Official Selection of the 2010 Blue Water Film Festival
Official Selection of the 2011 Detroit Independent Film Festival, Central Florida Film Festival

A cry for help from SecondClassCitizen.org, dedicated to an old friend.

This story is far too true, and far too common. Soldiers returning from war, only to be oppressed by the same system they swore allegiance to protect. This film chronicles the last day in the life of one soldier - or many - as countless veterans every month end their lives in desperation.

Join the fight against the injustice visited, not just on veterans, but all capable parents robbed of their rights to see their children.

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Suicide statistics gathered and verified by CBS.
All end statistics were verified and collected by a 20-year combat veteran sergeant in the US Army. Non-public records were used in the gathering of these statistics.
The federal government does not acknowledge the true numbers and its own statistics do not include Coast Guard, Reserve or National Guard. The public figure of 4.3% veteran divorce rate released is a cover up by the Pentagon. After all, if the standard rate for the population is 50%, how could there be such a drastic difference?

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[Lightcraft83]

In response to the horrifically untrue comment posted by a now blocked user:

The federal government does not acknowledge the true numbers of veteran divorces and its own statistics do not include Coast Guard, Reserve or National Guard. The public figure of 4.3% veteran divorce rate released is an obvious lie put out there by the Pentagon. After all, if the standard rate for the population is 50%, how could there be such a drastic difference between civilians and military?

[fignal]

This video is only the latest reason why i will never marry.

The system is not broken.

It is not corrupt.

It is not malfunctioning.

It is working just fine.

It has become a weapon aimed at those who shuld be protected.

It has become opression its self.

It needs to be destroyed, not fixed, not healed, not redeamed.

It needs to be gone, completely.

[JOHNNYSschool]

i surved in iraq i know what it looks like to watch a kid die...

[abdoyui]

@JOHNNYSschool wars have existed since long ago. but iraq/afghans are not wars

these high suicide rates are because these vets intentionally on not intentionally killed like 250,000 thousand iraqis most of them citizens so they feel like monsters thats why the kill their selfs watch a show called adam vs the man he can explain things like that easily he is a vet btw who served in iraq

[JOHNNYSschool]

A vet killes them self every 80mins... Not all from divorce war is war... Well all u kids play ur video games and think its cool why don't u kill a little kid and watch them die in war and see how u feel. Or get told to stand down and then watch the guy shot ur brother next to u and see how u feel. And then be normal...

[ANCHORSaweighMYboys]

so a green beret "proven to be among the most mental hard to crack ppl on earth" kills them self over a his wife leaving him. ima go ahead and call bs. but out side of that pretty good, than you remember half the country is made up of broken marriages. this isnt a military issues. its an overall social issue. every1 in the military knows "dispite the willing self dillusion overwise" that jody taps that shit, and has good odds of taking it. but that te same for any1 that works out of town.

[QuickWittedRetort]

@Lightcraft83 It's not a divorce if the spouse dies.

[HustleQueen67]

Wow my heart goes out to those who come back and not treated like Hero's.

[0oBlackWednesdayo0]

@camel1945 you are stupid. Politicians start wars, not soilders. Whatever country you live in there are men prepared to die to defend it and you. Iraq was a mistake, but the veterans deserve more than this.

[kloikrules]

@fignal well if you dont marry you will ever have that problem(fucking gold digging whores) and if you keep your head down and out of trouble you will be just fine.

[voiceforveterans]

How many families would go this way? Your wife isn't happy at all. Saddest part on the veteran to hear these lines from someone she loves. Hoping this video would be a challenge for the governing body to do something.

[DevilDoc1776]

Rest in peace Major. Your death is a severe loss to our country.