{"id":16716,"date":"2012-06-12T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/?p=16716"},"modified":"2012-06-12T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T21:58:20","slug":"helen-garland-tells-how-war-veterans-like-her-husband-suffered-from-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/2012\/06\/12\/helen-garland-tells-how-war-veterans-like-her-husband-suffered-from-ptsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Garland tells how war veterans like her husband suffered from PTSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Helen Garland talks about the last book written by her late husband, Joseph Garland. Like other WWII vets, Garland suffered invisible wounds that never healed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/LklWw8\">Combat PTSD: What are the Symptoms?<\/a><br \/>\nMar. 6, 2006<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re a returning combat veteran having some difficulty readjusting to civilian life, you may be wondering what&#8217;s going on. Why am I angry all the time? Why am I feeling detached?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/LRY5H1\">Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character<\/a><br \/>\nBook authored by Jonathan Shay recommended by our guest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unknownsoldiersmemoir.com\/\">Unknown Soldiers: Reliving WWII in Europe<\/a><br \/>\nAcclaimed author Joseph E. Garland presents World War II through the eyes of a close-knit infantry platoon who braved Nazi fire to stake out the front lines of the Allied campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>On page 6 of his book, Garland skillfully connects both the dangers and supposed nobility of engaging in battle by including a prescient poem written by his father prior to the onset of World War I:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A sovereign speaks a word; princes command,<br \/>\nAnd war, black as the plague, spreads through the land<\/p>\n<p>You are the pawn, moved by a mightier hand;<br \/>\nYou are the Christian martyr, living brand<br \/>\nThat lights the kingly orgy of that king<br \/>\nTo whom YOU homage bring.<br \/>\nThis is your lot, oh Common Man; is it your choice?<br \/>\nWhen war takes all, do YOU rejoice?<br \/>\nFather and brother and livelihood,<br \/>\nLeaving all evil where was once all good?<br \/>\nAnother commands your destiny.<br \/>\nAre you less fitted for that task than he?<br \/>\nFreedom and life are offered you; now choose,<br \/>\nNot overlong debate, nor yet refuse,<br \/>\nAnd when the stricken land raises its head,<br \/>\nMay you, rising from burial of your dead,<br \/>\nStand by your brother, teaching him to see &#8212;<br \/>\nYOU the director of your destiny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helen Garland talks about the last book written by her late husband, Joseph Garland. Like other WWII vets, Garland suffered invisible wounds that never healed.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,13,15,39,14],"tags":[6803,6802,6105,6801,1419,4275,4269,4443,6800,2439],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16716"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16716"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16733,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16716\/revisions\/16733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}