Charles Endicott

He was an Army Private from Columbus, Ohio and was awarded the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. He was injured while conducting a patrol and his unit was attacked by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Joshua, like many coming back from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has PTSD. Previously outgoing and carefree, he now says he’s constantly “stressed out” and always alert. Once and avid runner and swimmer, he now can do neither because of his injuries. “I don’t feel safe, ever” is how he puts it.