The Most Peaceful Place on Earth

This is where I get my energy to go out and help other Veterans.

Army Veteran Ron Whitcomb thought the Viet Cong were surrounding his house — many years after he came home from Vietnam. Treatment helped him turn a threatening place into a sanctuary.

In observance of PTSD Awareness Month this June, VA’s National Center for PTSD introduces a Veteran who is living with PTSD and is turning his life around with treatment.

“I built my own home — I built it for me,” Whitcomb said. “This is my place to come and rejuvenate. It’s the most peaceful place I know on Earth. This is where I get my energy to go out and help other Veterans.”

But after serving in Vietnam in the late 1960s, Whitcomb did not return to such a peaceful sanctuary. For a number of years he did fairly well, and then things went downhill for him quickly.

“To all my brother and

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