A picture may tell a thousand words, it doesn’t always tell the full story. It leaves out the daily conflicts, nightmares and families suffering, the dark side of heroism. Anders Pedersen and Jonas Løvschall-Wedel report.

Critics say that far too little is done to help war veterans and their families. Anders Pedersen and Jonas Løvschall-Wedel report.

Brave diggers return tormented from war from war and there sufferings are only exacerbated as they stride to live up to the Australian national myth. By Anders Pedersen and Jonas Løvschall-Wedel.

When soldiers return from war, they often bring lots of unwanted baggage. For the families waiting at home this means an end to life as they know it. Anders Pedersen and Jonas Løvschall-Wedel report.

This week Reportage will take a closer look at these forgotten heroes and their families and the tormented lives they live in the shadows of war and the mental sufferings.

Day one… Haunted minds, black memories and dark secrets plagues war veterans, when they return from war. Their torments cause mental suffering in their families. Anders Pedersen and Jonas Løvschall-Wedel investigate.