Three Iraq War Veterans representing the national veterans group IAVA will visit Texas A&M Commerce Campus on Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. to share their firsthand war experiences and to provide their frank assessment of the conflict.

NEW YORK – Three Iraq War Veterans representing the national veterans group Operation Truth will visit Texas A&M Commerce Campus on Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. to share their firsthand war experiences and to provide their frank assessment of the conflict. Paul Rieckhoff, 30, who led an Army infantry platoon in Iraq and founded Operation Truth (www.optruth.org), will be among the panelists at the event in the college's Social Sciences Auditorium.

Operation Truth is the nation's first and largest non-partisan organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two other Operation Truth member veterans will take part in the panel.

Denver Jones, from Caldwell County, NC, spent eight years on active duty in the Army, and four years in the Army Reserves. A veteran of the Panama Invasion and the first Gulf War,Denver re-enlisted after 9/11 and went to Iraq as a Specialist. While in Iraq, he was injured in a truck accident. Although he is now permanently disabled, he is not included in the Pentagon's casualty count because his injuries were not sustained during direct contact with the enemy.

Perry Jefferies,from Copperas Cove, TX, served as a First Sergeant in the Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He now volunteers as a veterans coordinator forOperation Truth and has spoken with hundreds of OIF veterans about their experiences in Iraq and their readjustment upon returning home.

Operation Truth member veterans are touring the nation to share their firsthand stories about the war. The organization's website (www.optruth.org), publishes information about the human toll of the war and the challenges many military personnel face, both on the battlefield and upon their return home. Although they represent a non-partisan, pro-Troops stance on the Iraq conflict, the veterans have provided candid critiques of military policies to audiences across the country.

Operation Truth (www.optruth.org) is the nation's first and largest non-partisan organization representing Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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