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Tom West, co-founder of Operation: Transition Outside The Wire, hugs Juanita Hendrix, wife of a U.S. Army veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, as co-founder Shannon Francis looks on in Williams, Ariz., on Jan. 15, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
WILLIAMS, Ariz.—U.S. Army veteran Rick Northrop and Juanita Hendrix had been dating for only a few weeks when they decided to go on a day trip together in northern Arizona.
Like all new couples, they were still getting to know each other. A leisurely drive among the ponderosa pine forests seemed perfect for that.
