Veterans, Homelessness, and the Long Road BackHamilton Nolan11/11/13 3:23pm4117EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkCurtis Peterson, a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, lost his civilian job in Georgia in the recession. So he got on a bus to New York. Once here, he promptly had a stroke. Today, he considers himself one of the lucky ones.