Veteran who's national face of U.S. Vets Make Camo Your Cause, now helping other Vets battling substance abuse

Summary

Robert Mitchell was born on Veterans Day and turned 68 on Wednesday. Mitchell says he enlisted in the Army shortly after turning 17. "I was living in South Central Los Angeles, and I saw the direction my life was heading," he said. Mitchell says he spent six years in the Army and was a Corporal at 19. "The Army promoted drinking, the military does that," he said. Mitchell says he was drank heavily before enlisting and when he got out, he had addiction issues, spending seven to eight years homeless, in downtown Los Angeles. Michell attributes his 33 years of sobriety to the recovery process…

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