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"They don't know how to deal with the families. It's terrible I have to bang on doors to get information, even (to) tell me that my son is dead. They should be treating families, especially grieving families, with a little bit of compassion and concern and they're not."
"I just hope the next family doesn't go through what we went through," said Walsh, 60, whose son died just six days after [Jeffrey Walsh] was re-deployed to the country for his second tour and just one day after his 33rd birthday."I jumped out of bed one morning at three in the morning and I was wondering if my son's rifle went off or what and if he accidentally killed himself," he said. "I told them 'even if you gave me two sentences saying that my son died, he was in the vehicle, he was shot in the right side, I would have been happy.' We need information here. We're going crazy."See the full content of this document
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Dead Soldier's Dad Seeks Answers
Told virtually nothing seven months after apparent accidental shooting
By Alison AuldHALIFAX -- The Winnipeg father of a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan seven months ago in an apparent accidental shooting says the military has told the family virtually nothing about h...See the full content of this document
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