According to the book description of Beyond Medals of Valor: Vietnam
Combat Veteran's Life Struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and
His Adventurous Life Experiences, "Influenced by patriotic war movies,
joining the army and fighting for his country seemed to be a purposeful and
honorable endeavor. Bill had been a delinquent kid and a high school dropout and
later became a brokenhearted drunk whose girlfriend left him for a responsible
insurance salesman. This is his true story and his perceived reality written
from his paratrooper/infantryman's perspective in explicit detail. The reader
will be outraged by the immorality, the lies from the top, and the insanity of
the Vietnam War. The gripping detail of jungle warfare is riveting, touching,
and raw. The author describes his intense search for meaning and his long battle
with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the war. He details his college
experiences during the turbulent counterculture movement of the sixties which
deeply affected the country and was instrumental in stopping the war. He
recounts his efforts through the years to find himself; he explains the darkest
period of his life in the war and its paradoxical connection to his epiphany: a
spiritual discovery of service, compassion, and love toward others as a means of
preventing his own suicide. He describes his long journey toward healing as he
seeks self-forgiveness and forgiveness of others and of God for his stupidity
and perverse taking of life. He looks at the sociology of class struggle, both
in the military and at a college in California, as a professor and counselor and
as a director of a large disabled student services program. He finds peace,
purpose, and healing through his work with disabled students and later with
those living in his RV park who are among the lowest socioeconomic groups in our
society. This book will make the reader cry, laugh, and become angry at the
arrogance of authority and how history continues to repeat itself. The author
realized years ago that surviving PTSD meant facing the whole truth. If he can
help combat veterans cope."
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