“What Had We Done to Jeffery?”–Marine Relives Role in Hazing
“I’ll never forget his screams echoing off the block walls of the barracks. No one came to investigate. No one ever came to investigate.”
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DonateRussell Hellyer served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2008 to 2013. He has spent the intervening years going to college, enjoying his family, and building furniture.
“I’ll never forget his screams echoing off the block walls of the barracks. No one came to investigate. No one ever came to investigate.”
“My mind won’t let go,” writes a Marine veteran of Afghanistan. “The farther I get from those days, the heavier my guilt.”