by stevesparks | Apr 18, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Veterans
Memorial Day means so much more to me these days at the prime age of 76 than anytime in my life. Since researching and writing my book in 2011, awareness of the lifelong suffering of severe trauma and PTSD has increased exponentially. We know so much more in...
by stevesparks | Mar 23, 2023 | Military, Veterans
My father…Vernon H Sparks, BMC, WWII Pacific Dad’s medical records revealed his own painful trauma from WWII. I was totally in the dark for so many decades. As I slowly read his Navy records from 1936-1960, his experiences helped me see a larger than life...
by stevesparks | Nov 7, 2022 | Building Healthy Communities, Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Ptsd, Veterans
USS Bellegrove LSD2 August 1943 to June 1945Pacific War https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1202.htm During World War II USS Belle Grove was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns: World War II...
by stevesparks | May 29, 2022 | Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Ptsd, Veterans
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Memorial Day means so much more to me these days at the prime age of 75. than anytime in my life. Since researching and writing my book in 2011, awareness of the lifelong suffering of severe trauma and PTSD has increased...
by stevesparks | Feb 27, 2022 | Building Healthy Communities, Military, Ptsd
https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm So, what’s up with all the Putin aggression not seen since WWII? Looks like Hitler’s playbook, maybe yes? Then, we hear Putin say, “I want the Russian Empire back, right now!” I used “I”...
by stevesparks | Feb 19, 2022 | Building Healthy Communities, Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Ptsd
In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar National Historical Site… Click highlighted text for more… Quote from this website…...
