Don’t Let Your Dog Tags Dangle in the Dirt
Bakersfield, Calif. (PRWEB) April 24, 2014 -- According to ABC News, the organization Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America estimates that 1,892 veterans have already committed suicide since New Year’s Day 2014.
In his memoir “Beyond Medals of Valor,” author Bill Roberts writes about the crushing prison of post-traumatic stress disorder which he received from the Vietnam War; the war that first launched the psychological studies that eventually identified the condition.
“It is a horrible condition, but people can learn to manage it,” Roberts said. “One of the best ways is getting out and helping other people. You can’t withdraw inside your house.”
There is a principle which says that the best way to make yourself smile is to try to cheer someone else up. Roberts, who has a degree in sociology and a master’s in rehabilitation counseling, knows that there is truth in that principle.
The stories in this memoir range from exasperatingly frustrating to riotously funny, but they all reinforce Roberts’ belief that maintaining a positive attitude through helping other people is the key to survival after the warzone is long behind a veteran.
“For many veterans, their return home is just as dangerous – or even more so – than going out on a combat patrol,” Roberts said. “That isn’t right. Our vets spend so much time fighting the enemy, only to come home to the fact that because of their experiences, their own mind is more dangerous than enemy fire. I really hope I can help some of them and help educate the public more about what a big problem this is.”
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“Beyond Medals of Valor”
By Bill Roberts
ISBN: 978-1-4525-7534-6
Available in softcover, hardcover, e-book
Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and BalboaPress
About the Author
“Beyond Medals of Valor” is the gritty memoir of Bill Roberts, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who is looking back on his life experiences through the more experienced eyes of a college professor and counselor with a background in sociology. He explores the values he internalized that prompted him to join the U.S. Army as a paratrooper infantryman and goes on to recount his wartime experiences in riveting and raw detail. He now lives in Tehachapi, Calif.
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