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Minnesota Veteran Devotes His Life To Supporting Others With PTSD
Sgt. Cliff Reynolds, a Vietnam veteran, has driven more than 50,000 miles delivering free PTSD resources to fellow veterans.
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Volunteered for the draft at age 18 as soon as he graduated from St. James High School, went to boot camp, then to specialty Corps of Engineers training at Fort Belvoir, then straight to the jungles of Vietnam for two full years in back-to-back voluntary combat assignments as a Corps of Engineers combat pathfinder; sprayed with Agent Orange toxic defoliant multiple times, now 100% disabled from combat service, with multiple Army awards and decorations for combat service in Vietnam.
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Cliff serves as vice president of the Minnesota nonprofit Veterans Empowered Inc., which provides free PTSD books, publications and therapy for disabled veterans suffering from PTSD.
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Cliff has severe PTSD from his Vietnam service, but every day he makes people laugh with his wonderful humor despite open-heart surgery, severe neuropathy from Agent Orange, serious back surgeries and other serious combat-related medical issues. In the past 18 months, and as an unpaid volunteer, Cliff has driven over 50,000 miles throughout southern Minnesota delivering free PTSD books to disabled veterans and first responders. Whenever he meets a veteran he gives them a free book, makes them laugh with his humor and tells them where they can get help if needed. Cliff’s motto is ‘Serving Veterans, Saving Lives.’
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