Las Vegas Sun

May 3, 2024

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Marshall Powell clears brush from his land outside Crescent, Okla., on March 17, 2015. Powell is recovering from a psychological wound called "moral injury" after serving as an Army nurse in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whenever he can, he heads to his fields. Sometimes he talks to God as he clears the land. "I feel peace, redemption when I talk to him out there," he says. "I know he forgives me."

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Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Marshall Powell clears brush from his land outside Crescent, Okla., on March 17, 2015. Powell is recovering from a psychological wound called "moral injury" after serving as an Army nurse in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whenever he can, he heads to his fields. Sometimes he talks to God as he clears the land. "I feel peace, redemption when I talk to him out there," he says. "I know he forgives me."