{"product_id":"my-tour-in-hell-a-marines-battle-with-combat-trauma-paperback","title":"My Tour In Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid W. Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to leverage his existing skills as a computer programmer, he never thought all they would see on his resume was his Karate expertise. Even less that he would wind up serving as a Rocket man in the jungles of Da Nang and Chu Lai for a 13 month tour in hell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e David's journey from naive civilian to battle-hardened combat veteran shows us all how fragile our humanity really is. In addition to killing the enemy on the field of battle, he was witness to countless cruelties including murder both cold-blooded and casual, cowardice under fire, and a callous disregard for life beyond most people's imagination. With each new insult, he lost a little bit of his soul, clinging to his Bible as his only solace while equally certain of his own imminent demise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Upon returning to civilian life after a two year enlistment, he found himself with nightmares during sleep, intrusive thoughts while awake, a hypervigilant stance combined with an exaggerated startle reaction, and a seeming inability to control basic emotions like anger and sadness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The price he paid for what would only be diagnosed decades later as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was broken marriages and relationships, inability to hold down jobs leading to bankruptcy, alcohol abuse, and having to hide the service he willingly gave to his own country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1989, David eventually recovered through a simple but powerful technique known as \u003cb\u003eTraumatic Incident Reduction\u003c\/b\u003e (TIR) and is now symptom-free. Not just for veterans, TIR has since been successfully applied to crime and motor vehicle accident victims, domestic violence survivors, and even children. His story shows what is possible for anyone who has suffered traumatic stress and that hope, healing, and recovery can be theirs too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying About \u003ci\u003eMy Tour In Hell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"His autobiographical work is a must read for veterans who remain stuck between two worlds. Healing is not forgetting; healing is making sense of the past in order to live life in the present with a restored hope for the future. Powell articulates this process very well and has given a tremendous gift to the combat veteran community of any generation.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Father Philip G. Salois, M.S., National Chaplain, Vietnam Veterans of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The connection of David's problems in his current life and his Viet Nam experiences is one of the clearest descriptions of how trauma affects our lives I have ever read. My Tour in Hell is a tribute to David's unwillingness to give up on himself in the face of great unhappiness.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Laura W. Groshong, LICSW (Seattle, WA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Years in combat zones, group psychotherapy with combat vets diagnosed with PTSD and TIR training qualifies me to recommend this book. Those in the helping professions will learn how the negative emotional 'charge' of trauma can be partially or totally eliminated through the adept facilitation of Traumatic Incident Reduction.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Sister Kateri Koverman, LISW, ICDC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Powell presents a brutally honest and riveting account of one man's descent into the dehumanizing realities of war. However, the journey is worth it to relive his dramatic ascension and redemption from the abyss through the life changing, powerful, and therapeutic techniques of Traumatic Incident Reduction.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Rev. James W. Clifton, LCSW, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMore Than A Memoir, \u003ci\u003eMy Tour In Hell\u003c\/i\u003e includes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003ePhotos taken by David's own camera in 1966 Vietnam \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eStudy guide for clinical students \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFAQ from the National Center for PTSD \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eForeword by Tom Joyce outlining the etiology of PTSD \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSuggested Reading list \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLearn more at www.MyTourInHell.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49188865835160,"sku":"9781932690231","price":28.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/SFBaUHVsdDF0TWRLdkRTWkhiRzdSZz09.webp?v=1780444359","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/my-tour-in-hell-a-marines-battle-with-combat-trauma-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}