RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Veterans Derryl Crewe and Ben Gryctko never expected to end up homeless, but after struggling alone, they ultimately decided reaching out for help and relying on community would lift the dark cloud hanging over their heads.

Crewe, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps, struggled with addiction after being medically discharged from service in the 1990s.

"I didn't know which way was which. I didn't know which way I was going, left or right," Crewe said. "I was just a shell of a person at the time."

Gryctko, a Vietnam-era veteran, suffered a different dilemma. He had just turned 75 years old and was facing eviction from the apartment he lived in for over a decade.

Both men agree Liberation Veteran Services saved their lives.

According to the Nation

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