Military Kin Struggle With Loss and a Windfall

For some relatives of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the money feels, at first, like an affront, as if the government were putting a price tag on a loved one's life. Others are thrown off balance by the sudden infusion of $500,000, spending with abandon to assuage grief or finding themselves besieged by hard-up friends and relatives. And the newfound wealth often strains relations among in-laws.

Coping With Loss, Military Kin Also Struggle With a Windfall

The New York Times

Sat Mar 22

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