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Bas Verheijen, former director of the Hyperbarics Health and Wellness Foundation, and program participant Amanda Burrill, a military veteran working through severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), persistent concussion symptoms (PCS) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), created this basic guide so that all program participants could have a comprehensive, integrative guide to healing. This is valuable information for anyone who’s been affected by TBI, PCS and/or PTSD, encouraging patients to be knowledgeable, active participants in their recoveries and overall well-being.

My Vietnam War Experience in Words and Photographs Simply Told

"Because of Francis Brock's wartime diary and sharp recollections of events eighty years ago, "Sub Chaser" gives a rare and intimate look into the daily life of small boat sailors in the Pacific during WWII. An enlightening read for anyone interested in history, this book gives renewed appreciation for the everyday young men who answered their country's call to arms during a time of great global conflict." - US Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Dean H. Hines "Fortunately for us, when eastern Ohio farm boy Francis Brock enlisted in the Navy on his seventeenth birthday in 1943, he decided to keep a logbook. As a result, we now have the opportunity, eight decades later, to relive the humdrum of s ...

The Eighteenth Engineers tells the story of the incredible work performed by the men of the 18th Engineers Regiment in WW1. They were among the first 75,000 A. E. F. troops to arrive in France in late August of 1917. There they built massive docks large enough to berth 10 transport ships end to end. Then they constructed huge warehouses to receive and store tons of cargo. Finally, they designed and built a complex, multi-functional railroad track system, along with unique cargo handling equipment allowing them the ability to unload men and cargo quickly and efficiently from the ships hold. The 18th Engineers built this massive base depot in record time under difficult conditio ...

The Tip of the Saber is a book about my experiences as a combat medic when I was in Vietnam. I was attached to A Company 2nd/5th Cavalry 1st Cavalry Division. I spent my entire year with A Company, the book is an account of the battles, stories, and feeling I experienced. The book is written 50 years after my tour so time has enabled me to reflect and begin to understand my Vietnam

Patricia Newman, licensed clinical social worker at the Bogalusa, Louisiana veterans’ outpatient clinic, helps veterans who struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder learn how to forgive and let go of difficult emotions and memories. Ms. Newman’s therapeutic concept that “revealing is healing” resulted in Warriors’ Own Words, “You Had To Be There”. The book includes incredible stories of sacrifice and service from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The idea for writing this book came from discussions with veterans about their military service. They often said that they never talked about their combat experiences because it was easier to keep those memories to the ...