Joseph E. Garland and Dr. Jonathan Shay discuss PTSD

Joseph E. Garland, World War II veteran of the storied 45th, offers a startlingly personal collective memoir of his platoon's experiences during the Italian Campaign, from Sicily to Anzio to Dachau. Diagnosed with PTSD decades after returning stateside, Garland and many of his platoonmates never "came home" from the war. This book, what one reviewer called Garland's "masterpiece," breaks the circle of silence that too frequently surrounds soldiers trying to re-adapt to peacetime life. This video offers some of the story behind the story of this book, and the reason for writing it, as discussed in a recent event at Rockport Public Library, in conjunction with Toad Hall Bookstore.

See the full video at www.UnknownSoldiersMemoir.com.

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Education

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• WWII
• Allied
• Anzio
• 45th Infantry Division
• Dachau
• Battle of the Bulge
• PTSD
• Dr. Jonathan Shay