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In My Words: Loneliness Harms Veterans. Listening Can Help.

November 11, 2026

In this editorial, distributed by the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Greg Hlavaty, associate teaching professor of English, reflects on conversations with his grandfather, a World War II veteran, and what that can tell us about veterans and loneliness. It has been published in the Rocky Mount Telegram, The Lexington County Chronicle & Dispatch News and The Virginian-Pilot