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Street named for GI in iconic Iraq war photo
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 8, 2008 14:23:18 EST
Posted : Monday Dec 8, 2008 14:23:18 EST
MOUNT SINAI, N.Y. — A Long Island community has named a street after a soldier who died of an accidental overdose after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder for almost five years.
Pipe Stave Hollow Road in Mount Sinai is now named in honor of local hero, Pfc. Joseph Dwyer. The Long Island native enlisted in the Army two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and served in Iraq. A Military Times photo of Dwyer running through a battle zone carrying an Iraqi boy became one of the iconic images of the war.
Dwyer died in June of an accidental overdose after years of treatment for his psychological disorder. Friends who helped get the street renamed for Dwyer have started an organization aimed at assisting soldiers who struggle with PTSD.
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WARREN ZINN / FILE
Pfc. Joe Dwyer carried a young Iraqi boy who was injured during a heavy battle between the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi forces near the village of Al Faysaliyah, Iraq, on March 25, 2003. Dwyer died of an apparent overdose at his home in North Carolina on June 29, 2008.
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