We’re back on the air for Show Number Eighty-Two (#82). Our Guest today is Combat Veteran Don Parent, musician, and author, who was wounded in Vietnam “8 times”; receiving the honored Purple Heart only twice! George Bunnell, Bassist with Strawberry Alarm Clock our previous R&R Reveille Guest brought the two of us together. Don’s stories of combat and his suffering with combat-related PTSD are strikingly-revealing and a catharsis for all combat veterans! He was moved to help fellow-veterans by writing his book: The Warzone PTSD Survivors Guide! Don Parent welcome to Philadelphia’s Rock & Roll Reveille. Let’s begin with your growing-up years. You’re fundamentally a military brat…whose father Donald served our country in the U.S. Navy as a “Bugler”! Please share with our audience your move from East-Coast > to West Coast as a youngster >GO WEST-YOUNG MAN!!!
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We’re back on the air for Show Number Eighty-Two (#82). Our Guest today is Combat Veteran Don Parent, musician, and author, who was wounded in Vietnam “8 times”; receiving the honored Purple Heart only twice! George Bunnell, Bassist with Strawberry Alarm Clock our previous R&R Reveille Guest brought the two of us together. Don’s stories of combat and his suffering with combat-related PTSD are strikingly-revealing and a catharsis for all combat veterans! He was moved to help fellow-veterans by writing his book: The Warzone PTSD Survivors Guide! Don Parent welcome to Philadelphia’s Rock & Roll Reveille. Let’s begin with your growing-up years. You’re fundamentally a military brat…whose father Donald served our country in the U.S. Navy as a “Bugler”! Please share with our audience your move from East-Coast > to West Coast as a youngster >GO WEST-YOUNG MAN!!!
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