VET SUICIDE SCANDAL

Struggling war heroes face more risk at home

AMERICA has a tragic secret shame — suicide is taking more of our country’s military heroes than combat!

According to the White House, more than 65,000 veterans have killed themselves since 2010, more than the total number of soldiers who perished in Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam combined.

“More attention, more money, more of everything needs to be devoted to this issue,” veteran advocate Derrick Lozzio tells The National ENQUIRER. “Our country owes these people nothing less.”

The Veterans Administration says 22 former soldiers commit suicide every day. Sadly, their passing typically draws little attention. One recent exception was the death of “Kill Bill” actor Michael Madsen’s son, Hudson.

The 26-year-old Army sergeant died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in late January.

Heartbroken Madsen, 64, recalled Hudson telling him just a few days before the tragedy he was “happy,” and his son’s last text to him was “I love you dad.”