{"id":65830,"date":"2018-09-07T00:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T00:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/07\/vets-walk-across-us-to-draw-attention-to-mental-health-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:42:54","slug":"vets-walk-across-us-to-draw-attention-to-mental-health-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2018\/09\/07\/vets-walk-across-us-to-draw-attention-to-mental-health-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets walk across US to draw attention to mental health fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEW YORK \u2014 Six American and British veterans who walked across the U.S. to raise awareness about mental health problems related to combat service finished their trip Thursday in New York City, where they were met by former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group visited the national Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center and then finished their trip a few blocks away, at a garden that memorializes British victims of the 2001 terror attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from Los Angeles to New York City was easy, members of the group said, compared to the struggle of living with mental wounds related to military service.<\/p>\n\n\n\t