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May 2017 Watch WGCU HDTV National Memorial Day Concert Sunday, May 28 @ 8 and 10 pm
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Estero grower has a theory about the title of this month’s two-part show Plants Behaving Badly, but the truth goes much deeper.
6 Help around the house Residents of
the BBC’s Victorian Slum House live the way poor Londoners did in the late 1800s, without many of the inventions we now take for granted.
8 Salute to local Vietnam veterans
Meet some men from Southwest Florida who are featured in a WGCU documentary debuting this month.
10 Inside WGCU Your invitation to our
new documentary, Vietnam Veterans: Stories of Service; Listen up, to Gulf Coast Live; Save the date for the second Twisted Strings concert.
12 TV schedules 22 A man and his plants A Cape Coral
orchid grower shares his passion.
23 Radio schedules 24 When war comes home Not all
scars of combat can be seen. Some combine for a cluster of symptoms known today as post-traumatic stress disorder. Find out about one military man’s difficulties and the local nonprofit that helped him.
ON THE COVER: King sundew (Drosera regia), South Africa in cultivation Photo courtesy of Terra Mater/ Parthenon Entertainment
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aples Orchid Society member Mary Jo Shively isn’t sure why the second part of Plants Behaving Badly is subtitled Sex & Lies, but maybe it’s the pollination, she says. “Little bugs get inside for the pollen and go from plant to plant.” Is she suggesting something about promiscuity? We’ll have to tune in to the program this month (the first part concerns carnivorous plants) to find out the details, but apparently there’s more to it than that. “Orchids use bizarre devices to ensure they reproduce – including impersonating the sex organs of a female bee,” according to a gardening story in The Guardian a few years ago. But we turned to an even grittier source, National Geographic, for what appears to be the down-and-dirty answer: “The very name of the plant comes from the Greek word for testicle, referring not to the plant’s flowers but its bulbs, organs that have long been endowed with aphrodisiac properties. … Victorians were offended by the ‘blatant sexuality’ of orchids, according to Eric Hansen, the author of Orchid Fever; he isn’t referring to plant or insect sexuality either. “Is it possible that humans can look at an orchid and, like the deluded orchid bees or male dupe wasps, see an apparition of female anatomy? (Georgia O’Keeffe certainly did.)” That all may be true, but Shively says what she likes most about orchids is the element of surprise. “I go out in the morning with a cup of coffee and see what has happened overnight,” the Estero resident said. Among her 160 plants – which she shares by putting on neighbors’ trees – a bloom or two will inevitably pop out since the last time she checked. “It’s always that little expectation and surprise,” she says. Some flowers last a long time. Even 30, 60 or 90 days, Shively said. “They’re simply Florida,” she adds. “They like the sunshine and the breeze.You’ve just got to have orchids if you live in Florida.” n FOR MORE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FLOWER LOVERS see page 22 Left: Orchid (Paphiopedilum lowii), Mount Kinabalu; Sabah, Borneo. RIGHT: 1. Intermediate sundew (Drosera intermedia) in cultivation. 2. Roridula gorgonias with Pameridea bug, South Africa. 3. Cultivated pitcher plant (Nepenthes hamata). 4. Cultivated Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), showing close-up trigger hairs. 5. Yellow lady’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium parviflorum); North America. 6. Bird’s nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis); Buckholt Wood, Gloucestershire, UK. 7. Cultivated orchid (Dendrobium victoria-regina); UK. 8. Cultivated orchid (Epidendron ciliare); UK 9. Orchid (Cleisocentron gokusingii) and ants, Mount Kinabalu; Sabah, Borneo. 10. Cultivated Dracula orchid (Dracula bella); UK. Photos courtesy of Terra Mater/Parthenon Entertainment
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Watch WGCU HDTV Frontline: The Fish on My Plate Tuesday, April 25 @ 10 pm
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Life in a Victorian Slum By Dayna Harpster
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Left: Presenter Michael Mosely. Opposite: Scenes from Victorian Slum House: The 1860s. Photos courtesy of Wall To Wall Media Limited
The Veterans among us By Dayna Harpster
In the WGCU documentary debuting this month, VietnamVeterans: Stories of Service, Southwest Florida veterans share their remarkable stories 42 years after the Vietnam War officially was declared as ended. Produced by Rosie Emery, the documentary features the following:
Richard Hein A Cape Coral resident, Richard Hein was just 19 years old when he joined the Marine Corps in 1968. He trained as a radio operator in an infantry company at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Hein was soon deployed to a U.S. Air Force base in Da Nang, Vietnam. For the next 13 months Lance Cpl. Hein fought courageously alongside fellow Marines in thick jungle terrain, as they battled to counter the advances of North Vietnamese soldiers. Upon his return to the United States, Hein joined the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department where he worked for 25 years before retiring to Florida.
Terry Brennen Commissioned into the United States Army in 1967 as a first lieutenant, Terry Brennen spent his first tour of duty with the tank battalion in Gelnhausen, Germany. But the young officer wanted to serve in Vietnam and applied for a transfer, which was refused. Undeterred, Brennen wrote to his local representative, Sen. Everett Dirksen of Chicago. One month later, he was transferred to the 82nd Airborne as tank platoon leader on patrol mostly northwest of Saigon. A Cape Coral resident, Brennen was WGCU Public Media’s director of community funding for 15 years before retiring.
Richard E. Carr From the age of 6, retired two-star Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard E. Carr wanted to fly airplanes. In 1963, he was deployed to Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam, as an advisor and instructor pilot, then served as an instructor pilot at a U.S. base. After earning his master’s degree, Carr was assigned as an associate professor of mathematics at the Air Force Academy. After completing RF-4C training in December 1972, Carr returned to Southeast Asia, assigned to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, where he flew more than 200 combat missions. Carr retired to Florida in 1994. VETERANS see page 24
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Watch WGCU HDTV Vietnam Veterans: Stories of Service Sunday, May 28 @ 7:30 and 11:30 pm Listen WGCU FM Vietnam Veterans Profiles Tuesdays @ 8:44 am beginning May 31 Attend The premiere of Vietnam Veterans: Stories of Service Tuesday, May 23 (see page 10 for details)
Tune in for a preview of Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary on the Vietnam War Sunday, May 28 @ 7 and 9:30 pm. Click here for more information Photo courtesy of National Archives
Inside WGCU notewor thy by Rick Johnson
Now hear this If you haven’t tuned in lately to WGCU
90.1 or WMKO 91.7 weekdays at 1 pm, you are missing something.
The latest five-day-a-week incarnation of
Gulf Coast Live – WGCU’s one-hour live call in program – premiered Dec. 5, 2016, and the
show has been going strong ever since. Thanks
to a generous gift from the Elizabeth B. McGraw Foundation, WGCU was able to hire a dedicated producer and host for the program. Matthew Smith signed on to WGCU’s staff as GCL’s producer in
late summer and was joined later in the fall by Julie Glenn as the program’s full-time host.
Gulf Coast Live usually contains two different segments which
makes for a fast-moving hour of informative and entertaining radio.
Segment topics are broad ranging, from breaking news stories such as the Fort Lauderdale Airport shootings to a profile of a Sarasota
fertilizer company helping NASA grow vegetables in space. Matt’s and Julie’s favorite shows, so far, include those and an on-location program from the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee County on the Violins of Hope project featuring the live performance of
restored violins that had survived concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Another favorite show featured Abigail, a rescued “bait dog”
and the people from Arthrex who helped return her to good
health by donating a new wound dressing that speeds healing by 40 percent.
The Trump travel ban was explored on another program
featuring a local panel that included a member of the Southwest Florida Muslim community whose hope to ever see his brother
again was dimmed by the ban. Fort Myers Police Chief Derrick
Diggs graciously participated in the program the same week that an audit of the department was released to the public.
Tune in Monday through Friday to WGCU 90.1 or WMKO 91.7
at 1 pm. First, listen-in, then phone-in, Tweet-in or Facebook-in your questions or comments and become part of the conversation on Gulf Coast Live. n
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WGCU Public Media Invites you to the Southwest Florida premiere of a WGCU production
Vietnam Veterans: Stories of Service Tuesday, May 23 @ 4 pm Myra Janco Daniels Public Media Center on the campus of FGCU The 30-minute premiere will be followed by a panel discussion Forty-two years after the Vietnam War was officially declared as ended, Southwest Florida veterans share their remarkable stories of service. Five brave men will share memories of how they courageously served alongside their fellow countrymen in the United States Armed Forces. Featuring Terry Brennen, Richard Hine, Wayne Smith, Tom Gillaspie and Dick Carr. This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required @ wgcu.org/ events or call 239.590.2510.
Did you hear the difference? Thanks to 1,440 listeners, WGCU raised more than $225,000 during its Radio Uninterrupted pledge drive. Many of you responded to short breaks recorded by fans of public radio and pledged your support. More than 200 listeners pledged their support for the first time and became part of our membership family. (At press time, we were still receiving pledges.) Your support made it possible for WGCU to close out the spring pledge drive with only 3½ hours of traditional on-air pledge on Monday, April 3. Thanks to your pledges of support from $20 to $20,000, WGCU can continue to provide programming such as Morning Edition, 1A, Fresh Air, Wait,Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, This American Life and All Things Considered. Radio Uninterrupted also gave several of you the opportunity to win some great prizes including a Public Radio Nerd T-shirt, WGCU umbrella and beach towel and the great prize to one lucky winner, a Caribbean Cruise donated by Debonair Concierge Travel Services. Thanks to everyone.
Twisted Strings 2018 set for Jan. 27 Mark your calendar for WGCU’s 2018 Twisted Strings Festival, with all new bands, Saturday, Jan. 27 at Top Rocker Field, Six Bends Harley-Davidson in Ft. Myers. David and Gail Hall have already agreed to serve as the VIP chairs. If your company is interested in Twisted Strings sponsorship opportunities, contact wgcuunderwriting.org. The 2017 Twisted Strings inaugural concert brought together a thousand or so people to hear Moxie Strings, as well as Black Violin, Tango, SVP and Hot Buttered Nuggets.
Giver receives: Teacher wins Radio Uninterrupted drawing For participating in WGCU’s Radio Uninterrupted campaign, Venice firstgrade teacher Anne Feely’s name was placed with others in a drawing for a four-night cruise on Royal Caribbean line, courtesy of Debonair Concierge Travel Services. Feely won and is shown here with Debra Nashed of Debonair Concierge Travel Services.
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8 pm W Pacific Heartbeat Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson Sustaining a serious eye wound in Normandy during WWII that left him in the dark for two years, Myron “Pinky” Thompson emerged with a clear vision of his purpose in life. 9 pm W Life on the Line End It Now Three people uncover their childhood secrets of abuse while clinicians share the dramatic the dramatic effect it has on a person’s life.
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8 pm HD Victorian Slum House Part 1, The 1860s Follow participants as they move into an 1860s tenement made up of sparse rooms, a shared water pump and outdoor privies. They seek to make a living by matchbox making and the rag trade, work once done by impoverished forebears. 9:30 pm W Stories in Thread Hmong pa dau or story cloths are handmade textiles integral to what it means to be Hmong in America. The Hmong fought alongside American Soldiers and CIA operatives as a secret army in the Vietnam War. 10 pm HD Frontline Second Chance Kids See a fight over the fate of juveniles in prison for murder, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
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8 pm HD Nature Dolphins: Spy in the Pod Part 1 The camera eyes of 13 ingenious Spy Creatures, including Spy Dolphin, Spy Nautilus and Spy Turtle, capture the dolphins’ “superpod” behavior never filmed before.
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9 pm HD NOVA Super Tunnel Join engineers as they build a massive new railway deep beneath the streets of London. 10 pm HD Plants Behaving Badly Part 1, Murder & Mayhem Examine the extraordinary behavior of carnivorous plants, which have been a feature of many a sci-fi film over the years. The reality turns out to be far stranger than the fiction.
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9 pm W India – Nature’s Wonderland Part 1 Join a journey through India to discover its rich culture and rare wildlife. Experience a ritual tiger dance and see lions, elephants and India’s only ape – the hoolock gibbon. Then climb to the Himalayas where the Ganges River begins. 10 pm E Nature Great Zebra Exodus When thunderclouds begin to gather over Botswana’s Kalahari each year, 20 000 zebras begin an ancient journey, as southern Africa’s biggest animal migration gets under way. 11 pm E Homestretch: Racehorse Rescue Homestretch documents the fates of losing racehorses and the lifesaving rehabilitation they can share with prisoners on their way back to society.
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7 pm W American Experience: Last Days In Vietnam During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. With the clock ticking and the city under fire, an unlikely group of heroes took matters into their own hands.
Monday, May 1 @ 10 pm HD Wild Weather See how weather works through ambitious (even unlikely) experiments that show how nature transforms simple ingredients like wind, water and temperature into something spectacular and powerful.
8:30 pm HD Charlie Rose – The Week The iconic interviewer brings his unique style to PBS prime time with the best stories and interviews of the past week. 9 pm W Quietest Place On Earth On the second-largest Hawaiian island of Maui, the Haleakala volcano rises 10, 000 feet – nearly two miles – into the sky. And the massive crater located at its summit carries the unique distinction of “The Quietest Place on Earth.”
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8 pm HD Antiques Roadshow Virginia Beach, Part 2 Trash, treasure or other? The crew spends a second hour seeing what the folks in Virginia Beach turn up for appraisal. 9 pm W Road to Fame See a unique coming-ofage story, the staging of the American musical Fame — as China’s first official collaboration with Broadway — by the senior class of China’s top drama academy.
10 pm W America Reframed Cambodian Son Born in a refugee camp in Cambodia, poet Kosal Khiev was lucky to escape the wartorn country before he was 2 years old. By 16, he was convicted of attempted murder and spent 14 years in an American jail, where he found redemption.
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9 pm W Forever Chinatown: Local USA Special See the story of unknown, selftaught 81-year-old artist Frank Wong, who has spent the past four decades recreating his fading memories by building romantic, extraordinarily detailed miniature models of the San Francisco Chinatown rooms of his youth. 9:30 pm W On Story A Conversation with Marta Kauffman Hear some insights from the cocreator of Friends. 10 pm HD Secrets of the Dead Caveman Cold Case A tomb of 49,000-year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of Northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation to solve a double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die?
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8 pm HD Victorian Slum House Part 2, The 1870s Witness a dire economic depression heightened by the arrival of Irish migrants seeking work. Daily, the slum dwellers toil to fulfil clothing orders and make artificial flowers for factories. Some won’t be able to settle their debts. 9 pm W Passing Poston: An American Story See the moving and haunting stories of four former JapaneseAmerican detainees. A tragic past stays with each person. 10 pm HD Frontline Poverty, Politics, Profit Investigate the billions spent on housing the poor and why so few get the help they need.
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8 pm HD Nature Dolphins: Spy in the Pod Part 2 The Spy Creatures continue to reveal the world of dolphins as never before, their mysteries of communication and strategies. Go undercover to meet the Orca, the largest dolphins, and race the Dall’s porpoises, the fastest dolphins in the world. 10 pm HD Plants Behaving Badly Part 2, Sex & Lies Revel in the ethereal beauty of orchids and examine their exotic flowers, which are shaped for one purpose – to attract pollinators. Many use sex as a lure, impersonating a female bee or wasp.
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8 pm E Nature Forest of the Lynx Travel deep into the remote forests of the Kalkalpen National Park in Austria – the largest area of wilderness in the Alps. 9 pm E Nature The Story of Cats Part 1, Asia to Africa Discover how the first cats arose in the forests of Asia, how they spread across the continent and later came to conquer Africa. 10 pm E Nature The Story of Cats Part 2, Into the Americas Meet the mighty jaguar, the urban mountain lion, the curious ocelot, the Canada lynx, the nimble margay, the Siamese cat and the Sphynx.
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8 pm W Changing Season: On the Masumoto Family Farm Review a transitional year in the life of farmer, slow food advocate and sansei David “Mas” Masumoto, his relationship with his daughter Nikiko, who returns to the family farm with the intention of stepping into her father’s work boots.
Wednesday, May 10 @ 9 pm HD NOVA Arctic Ghost Ship 160 years ago, the Franklin Expedition to chart the Northwest Passage vanished. NOVA is on board as a Canadian team makes a breakthrough discovery of one of Franklin’s lost ships—a vital new clue to the fate of the expedition. 9 pm W Relocation, Arkansas – Aftermath of Incarceration In 1942, nearly 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were forced into prisons in the interior because they looked like the enemy. Meet former prisoners and see the aftermath of their ordeals.
10 pm W America Reframed Good Luck Soup For 29-year-old filmmaker Matthew Hashiguchi, growing up half-Japanese American in an Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, was a difficult experience.
11:30 pm W Asia Insight See an in-depth portrait of Asia today, covering its dynamism as a center of growth as well as its traditions tossed around by the advance of globalization.
8 pm W Independent Lens Meet The Patels Ravi Patel is almost 30 and still single, and his tradition-minded Hindu family is not happy. After he breaks up with his white girlfriend, he enters the semiarranged marriage system in America.
8 pm HD Call the Midwife Season 6, Part 7 Dr. Turner helps the Mullucks cope with the stresses of caring for a disabled child as the terrible legacy of thalidomide becomes apparent. Nurse Crane faces an unexpected crisis. 9 pm HD King Charles III on Mastperiece The hit Broadway show is adapted for television. The drama imagines Prince Charles’ ascension to the throne following Queen Elizabeth’s death.
9:30 pm E American Masters Mel Brooks A comedy giant of our time, scrawny Melvin Kaminsky developed his aggressively funny personality on the mean streets of Brooklyn, to protect against bullies.
10 pm W Doc World Finding Samuel Lowe Raised in Harlem, three siblings take a trip that culminates in an emotional and unforgettable family reunion with 300 of their grandfather’s Chinese descendants.
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American Experience: Bonnie & Clyde
Frontline Poverty, Politics, Profit
Passing Poston: An American Story
PBS NewsHour Uranium - Twisting The Dragon’s Tail Part 1 Plants Behaving Badly Part 2, Sex & Lies PBS NewsHour
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WORLD Independent Lens The Prison in Twelve Landscapes WED ENCORE Antiques Roadshow Virginia Beach, Part 2
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Charlie Rose
Nightly Business Report
American Masters Norman Lear
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Season 1, Ruddy Gore PBS NewsHour Nature The Story of Cats Part 2, Into the Americas
Doc Martin Season 4, Better the Devil India - Nature’s Wonderland Nature The Story of Cats Part 1, Asia to Africa
PBS TBA Relocation, Arkansas PBS NewsHour Aftermath of Incarceration Masterpiece Mystery Inspector Lewis Season 6, The Ramblin’ Boy Keeping Up Are You Being As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Appearances Served Local USA America Reframed Good Luck Soup American Masters Mel Brooks King Charles III on Masterpiece Victorian Slum House Part 2, The 1870s
Doc World Finding Samuel Lowe
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Charlie Rose Nightly Business Global 3000 Report Uranium - Twisting The Dragon’s TailPart 2
Charlie Rose Nightly Business Report American Masters Mel Brooks
Frontline Poverty, Politics and Profit
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Focus on Europe
Charlie Rose Nightly Business Scully/ Report The World Show The Tunnel Season 1, Part 5 Charlie Rose Nightly Business Asia Insight Report The Tunnel Season 1, Part 5 Home Fires Season 2, Part 6 Passing Poston: An American Story The Tunnel Season 1, Part 6 Secrets of the Tower of London Global Voices Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls Great Performances The Hollow Crown: Henry V
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M AY T V H I G H L I G H T S 15 MONDAY
8 pm W Pacific Heartbeat Next Goal Wins In 2001, the tiny Pacific island of American Samoa suffered a world record 31-0 defeat at the hands of Australia, garnering headlines as the worst football team on the planet. 10 pm HD Secrets of the Dead Graveyard of the Giant Beasts A mining operation in Cerrejon, Northern Colombia, opened a window onto a previously unknown period of the Earth’s history and a world teeming with giant creatures emerged. 11:30 pm W To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe A weekly discussion of news and national affairs with a panel of nationally known women.
16 TUESDAY
8 pm HD Victorian Slum House Part 3, The 1880s When upper-class visitors are permitted to visit the slum as tourists, the participants realize how precarious their situation is. 9 pm HD American Epic Part 1, The Big Bang Travel to 1920s Tennessee as the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and the Memphis Jug Band make their first records on a revolutionary portable electronic recording system. 10 pm HD Frontline American Patriot Inside the Bundy family’s standoffs over land in the West, and the groups aligned with them that have grown to levels not seen in decades.
17 WEDNESDAY
8 pm HD Nature Animal Misfits Alongside the fastest, strongest, smartest animals are nature’s misfits. These unlikely creatures seem-ill equipped for survival.
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9 pm HD NOVA Chinese Chariot Revealed For more than 1,000 years, chariots thundered across China’s battlefields, dominating warfare longer than anywhere else on earth. Now, archaeological findings enable experts to reconstruct and test China’s first super-weapon. 10 pm HD Food – Delicious Science Part 1, We Are What We Eat Travel the world with Michael Mosley and James Wong to learn how the hidden chemistry in every mouthful of food keeps our bodies fit and healthy.
18 THURSDAY
8 pm HD British Antiques Roadshow Similar to the American version, this BBC series invites members of the public to have their antiques and collectibles valued by experts. 9 pm W It’s “Just” Anxiety Meet a dozen people from diverse backgrounds who describe their personal struggles with this condition. 10 pm W PBS NewsHour In the long-running show, correspondents discuss the news of the day.
19 FRIDAY
8 pm W Filipino American Lives Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers Farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers instigated one of the American farm labor movement’s finest hours – The Delano Grape Strike of 1965. 9 pm HD American Masters James Beard Experience a century of food through the life of iconic chef James Beard.
Sunday, May 21 @ 9 pm HD Dark Angel on Masterpiece Joanne Froggatt, who portrayed Anna on Downton Abbey, stars in a totally different role in this spine-tingling drama — the notorious Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s first female serial killer.
10 pm HD American Masters Julia Child Savor the life and legacy of Julia Child, who introduced French cuisine to America through her first public TV series, The French Chef, in 1963.
20 SATURDAY
9 pm W American Masters Fats Domino Discover how Fats Domino’s brand of New Orleans rhythm and blues became rock ‘n’ roll. As popular in the 1950s as Elvis Presley, Domino suffered degradations in the pre-civil rights South and aided integration through his influential music. 9:30 pm E Bill Murray: The Mark Twain Prize The award show features David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Hader, Dan Aykroyd, Aziz Ansari, Roy Blount, Jr., Paul Shaffer, Brian Doyle-Murray and Sigourney Weaver.
10 pm W America Reframed Unbroken Glass When he was 6, Dinesh Sabu’s parents died. Raised by his siblings, he had little idea who his parents were or where he came from. Now as an adult with a burning curiosity, Dinesh sets out on a journey across the United States and India to piece together their story.
21 SUNDAY
8 pm HD Call the Midwife Season 6, Part 8 An unexpected turn of events leads to a hastily arranged wedding. Shelagh finally goes into labor. The arrival of the birth control pill leads to unforeseen consequences. 11 pm HD Secrets of Underground London On the surface, London is a buzzing metropolis. But underneath lies secret, hidden worlds, all but forgotten by the millions of people above. These places make up the countless layers of London, and each tells a unique story of the city’s past.
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American Epic Part 1, The Big Bang
Frontline American Patriot
WORLD America Reframed Unbroken Glass
I Am
PBS NewsHour
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Call the Midwife Season 4, Part 6
Call the Midwife Season 4, Part 7
HDTV Victorian Slum House Part 3, The 1880s
HDTV Nature Animal Misfits
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WORLD Food - Delicious Science We Are What We Eat THU ENCORE Nature Dolphins: Spy in the Pod, Part 1
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WORLD Pacific Heartbeat Next Goal Wins
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Food – Delicious Science Part 1, We Are What We Eat PBS NewsHour
NOVA Chinese Chariot Revealed Bill Murray: The Mark Twain Prize
Doc Martin Season 4, Uneasy Lies the Head It’s “Just” Anxiety
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Season 1, Murder in Montparnasse PBS NewsHour
Nature Dolphins: Spy in the Pod, Part 2
Paradise Reef
American Masters James Beard
American Masters Julia Child
Pacific Heartbeat A Place to Call Home PBS NewsHour Masterpiece Mystery Inspector Lewis Season 7 - The Lions of Nemea Keeping Up Are You Being As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Appearances Served American Masters: Fats Domino America Reframed Unbroken Glass Bill Murray: The Mark Twain Prize Dark Angel on Masterpiece
ENCORE Great Performances at the Met Cosi Fan Tutte
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Nightly Business To The Contrary Report with Bonnie Erbe Call the Midwife Season 4, Part 4 Charlie Rose
Nightly Business Global 3000 Report Call the Midwife Season 4, Part 8
Charlie Rose Nightly Business Report Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize
Frontline American Patriot
Victorian Slum House The 1880s
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Focus on Europe
Charlie Rose Nightly Business Scully/ Report The World Show Best of Big Blue Live Charlie Rose Nightly Business Asia Insight Report The Tunnel Season 1, Part 7 King Charles III on Masterpiece I Am The Tunnel Season 1, Part 8 Secrets of Underground London
Doc World One Child
Global Voices Here Comes Uncle Joe
Georgia O’Keeffe: Woman On Paper
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M AY T V H I G H L I G H T S 22 MONDAY
8 pm W Of Race and Reconciliation Relive the Chinese experience in America around the year 1885, when they were expelled from Tacoma, Wash. 9 pm W Life on the Line Baby Blue Each year in Egypt alone, 20,000 children are diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Watch as doctors from opposite sides of the globe work together to save thousands of children waiting in a line that is longer than their lifetimes.
23 TUESDAY
8 pm HD Victorian Slum House Part 4, The 1890s Enter the 1890s, when mass manufacturing and social reform offer hope for some residents, while others are plagued by a water shortage that dashes hopes for a laundry business. 9 pm HD American Epic Part 2, Blood and Soil Travel to the rural South as Elder Burch, Charley Patton and others record early Delta blues, gospel and protest songs. The Great Flood of 1927 devastates Mississippi River communities, leading to migration and Chicago Blues by Howlin’ Wolf. 10 pm HD Frontline Bannon’s War Trump advisor Stephen Bannon’s war — with radical Islam, Washington, and White House rivals.
24 WEDNESDAY
8 pm HD Nature The Gathering Swarms Animals like bats, locusts and penguins gather to breed, migrate and protect themselves from the elements and foes. Swarm intelligence is the natural world’s version of social media.
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9 pm HD NOVA Meteor Strike A meteor burst into a fireball over Siberia. Can we spot the next deadly asteroid in time? 10 pm HD Food – Delicious Science Part 2, A Matter of Taste Travel the world with Michael Mosley and James Wong to learn about the science that makes our food taste delicious and the powerful effect it has on our tongues and noses.
25 THURSDAY
9 pm W Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture An exciting mathematical discovery began when one scholar looked more closely at pairs of prime numbers that differ by two. 10 pm E India – Nature’s Wonderland Part 1 See May 4 for show description. 11 pm E India – Nature’s Wonderland Part 2 Continue exploring India and meet a man who spent 30 years planting his own rainforest. On the way, encounter demoiselle cranes, tahr goats, one-horned rhinos, the tiny pika and liontailed macaques. Witness the hatching of olive ridley turtles.
26 FRIDAY
8 pm W Doolittle’s Raiders: A Final Toast See a reunion of aviators, led by famed commander Lt. Col. James Harold Doolittle, who delivered retribution for Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. 9 pm HD American Masters Jacques Pepin Discover the story of Chef Jacques Pépin, a young immigrant with movie-star looks and a charming Gallic accent, who elevated essential kitchen techniques to an art form.
Monday, May 22 @ 10 pm HD Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings Follow a team of international scientists documenting an archaeological sensation: the exploration of royal tombs beneath the ancient Guatemalan city of Teotihuacán.
10 pm HD American Masters Alice Waters Discover Alice Waters, who, with her cafe Chez Panisse, became a major force behind the way Americans eat and think about food, launching the explosion of local farmers’ markets and the edible schoolyard.
27 SATURDAY
9 pm W Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears See and hear the story behind Cash’s lost Native Americanthemed concept album and his unique collaboration with folk artist Peter Lafarge. 9:30 pm W American Masters The Boomer List Take a comprehensive look at 19 iconic boomers – one born each year of the baby boom from 1946 to 1964, including music legend Billy Joel and novelist Amy Tan. 11 pm HD Dark Angel on Masterpiece See May 21 for show description.
28 SUNDAY
8 pm HD The National Memorial Day Concert Join co-hosts Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna for the 28th broadcast of this night of remembrance honoring the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country. 9:30 pm HD PBS Previews: The Vietnam War Take an early look at Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary. 11:30 pm HD Vietnam Veterans: Stories of Service Forty-two years after the Vietnam War was officially declared as ended, Southwest Florida veterans share their remarkable stories of service.
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HDTV Victorian Slum House Part 4, The 1890s
HDTV Nature The Gathering Swarms
WORLD Independent Lens They Call Us Monsters (@ 7:30 pm) WED ENCORE Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Part 1
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Life on the Line Baby Blue
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Food - Delicious Science A Matter of Taste Plants Behaving Badly Part 1, Murder & Mayhem Rose – Washington Week Charlie The Week Doolittle’s Raiders: A Final Toast Masterpiece Mystery Inspector Lewis Season 8, One for Sorrow
HDTV Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Part 2 WORLD American Epic Blood + Soil
ENCORE Masterpiece Mystery Inspector Lewis Season 8, What Lies Tangled HDTV The National Memorial Day Concert WORLD Nature The Gathering Swarms
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Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings
On Story ... Paula Pell
PBS NewsHour
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WORLD America Reframed Breathin’: The Eddie Zheng Story TUE ENCORE Secrets of the Dead Resurrecting Richard III
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Frontline Bannon’s War
Rikers: An American Jail
PBS NewsHour
Inside The Court of Henry VIII
Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace
NOVA Meteor Strike
Food – Delicious Science Part 2, A Matter of Taste
Frontline Inside Trump’s White House
PBS NewsHour
Carol Burnett: The Mark Twain Prize
Doc Martin Season 4, Perish Together as Fools Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture Plants Behaving Badly Part 2, Sex & Lies
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Season 1, Away with the Fairies PBS NewsHour India - Nature’s Wonderland Part 1
American Masters Jacques Pepin
American Masters Alice Waters
Hunting In Wartime
PBS NewsHour Masterpiece Mystery Inspector Lewis Season 8, Magnum Opus Keeping Up Are You Being As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Appearances Served America Reframed Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Breathin’: The Eddie Zheng Story American Masters: The Boomer List
PBS Previews: The Vietnam War Victorian Slum House The 1890s
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Nightly Business To The Contrary Report with Bonnie Erbe Tales from the Royal Bedchamber Rikers: An American Jail
Nightly Business Global 3000 Report Tales from the Royal Wardrobe Charlie Rose
Nightly Business Focus on Europe Report Pioneers of Television Funny Ladies Charlie Rose Nightly Business Scully/ The World Show Report India - Nature’s Wonderland Part 2 Charlie Rose Nightly Business Asia Insight Report The Tunnel Season 1, Part 9 Dark Angel on Masterpiece Rikers: An American Jail The Tunnel Season 1, Part 10
The National Memorial Day Concert Doc World Out Run
ENCORE Great Performances at the Met Le Nozze Di Figaro
Vietnam Veterans: Stories of Service Giap’s Last Day ... First You Dream: ... Kander & Ebb
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The Last Ring Normandy Home ENCORE National Memorial Day Concert
HDTV Victorian Slum House Part 5, The 1900s
Foreveryone.Net John Glenn: A Life of Service
HDTV Nature Touching the Wild
NOVA Troubled Waters
WORLD Independent Lens Farmer/Veteran ENCORE Antiques Roadshow Orlando, Part 2
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American Epic Out of the Many the One
WORLD America Reframed The Last Season ENCORE Year In Space
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Frontline Being Mortal Robin Williams Remembered A Pioneers of Television Special
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Charlie Rose Nightly Business To The Contrary PBS NewsHour Report with Bonnie Erbe Vietnam War Vets: Last Days In Vietnam: American Experience Stories of Service Frontline Being Mortal Charlie Rose Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Global 3000 Report American Experience: Space Men Humanity from Space Food – Delicious Science Part 3, Food on the Brain PBS NewsHour
Pioneers of Television Acting Funny
Charlie Rose Nightly Business Focus on Europe Report Richard Pryor: Icon
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M AY T V H I G H L I G H T S 29 MONDAY
8 pm W Return to Normandy Twenty-two World War II veterans are invited on a trip to attend the 70th anniversary celebration of the invasion of D-Day in Normandy, France. 8:30 pm W The Last Ring Home Lt. Minter Dial’s 1932 Annapolis Naval Academy ring miraculously made its way home 17 years after he was killed as a POW of the Japanese in WWII. 10 pm HD Climbing Home Eleven veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000-foot Himalayan giant Mt. Lobuche. With a team of Everest summiters as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to heal the emotional and physical wounds of war.
30 TUESDAY
8 pm HD Victorian Slum House Part 5, The 1900s Observe the social changes the slum dwellers face as they move into the 20th century. A few families prosper, but others continue to face the poverty endemic in Britain. See what steps are finally taken to alleviate the plight of the poor. 9 pm HD American Epic Out of the Many the One Discover how America’s diverse cultures contribute to its musical styles: from the Hopi tribe to Hawaii’s Joseph Kekuku to Mexican-American Lydia Mendoza and the Cajun Breaux Family. 10:30 pm HD Frontline Being Mortal Follow renowned New Yorker writer and Boston surgeon Atul Gawande as he explores the relationships doctors have with patients nearing the end of life.
Wednesday, May 31 @ 8 9 pm HD NOVA Troubled Waters The water contamination crisis in Flint, Mich., has revealed a disturbing truth about the vulnerabilities of our aging drinking water infrastructure. Discover the chemistry, biology and engineering that led to this disaster.
31 WEDNESDAY
8 pm HD Nature Touching the Wild Naturalist Joe Hutto’s ability to interact with wild creatures was seen in My Life as a Turkey. This time, Hutto tells the true story of living with the wild mule deer of Wyoming, from the herd’s acceptance to a shocking end.
10 pm HD Food – Delicious Science Part 3, Food on the Brain Travel the world with Michael Mosley and James Wong to discover how the chemistry in our food affects our brains and creates our deepest cravings.
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Parents give PBS Kids high marks A recent survey of parents with children ages 2 to 6 showed that more than any other network, PBS “helps a lot” in getting kids ready for school – in fact, half of the 1,004 parents surveyed said this. Sixty-six percent of parents said PBS Kids helps improve children’s behavior. And perhaps most significant in this era of so many screens demanding kids’ attention, parents — especially those in low-income homes — rank PBS KIDS as the most trusted and safe place for children to watch television. PBS Kids provides more than watch time, as well. To date, it has counted more than 33 million downloads of its educational apps. And it’s fun! Who wouldn’t enjoy the antics of Curious George, the Wild Kratts, Dinosaur Train and the others? Check the accompanying schedule for 24/7 adventures.
PBS voted No. 1 in educational value for children
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• Over the air, anywhere, tune to 30.5. • Via Comcast in Cape Coral, Everglades City, Fort Myers, Naples, it’s Channel 203. • Via Comcast in Arcadia, Cape Haze and Port Charlotte, it’s Channel 202. • Via Summit broadband in Marco Island and other Southwest Florida locations, it’s Channel 176. • Via CenturyLink Prism, it’s Channel 18
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Among parents of children 18 and under: Which of the following media providers do you believe is the Most Educational for children? Note: 15% of survey respondents indicated “I don’t know” Source: Marketing & Research Resources, Inc. (M&RR), January 2017
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Passionate about orchids By Dayna Harpster
Flower power
GardenSMART takes the mystery out of gardening with expert tips from horticulturists and successful home gardeners. Each episode highlights color combinations, landscape design, vegetable and flower gardens, and containers. Horticulturalist, propagator and industry guru Eric Johnson spotlights the latest plants, discusses helpful gardening techniques, addresses green and sustainability issues, and presents the latest gardening trends, including hydroponics, community gardens and vegetable gardening. GardenSMART also visits one-of-a-kind home and public gardens in historic (and sometimes unusual) locations for some design inspiration and practical advice. Get some flower (and plant) power @ 11 am Sundays, May 7, 14, 21 and 28 on Create.
Spin cycle
Tampa and St. Petersburg are among the cities cycled in the seven-part series Pedal America, three episodes of which can be seen on WGCU Create TV in May. Join co-hosts Ira David Levy and Kati Lightholder as they ride through a variety of North American locales — from national parks to urban centers — while emphasizing bicycle safety and the health benefits of this affordable and eco-friendly activity. The series showcases the best and safest routes; highlights the development of bike trails, bikeways and bike infrastructure; contains basic bicycle repair and maintenance tips; and features interviews with bike enthusiasts, who share inspiring personal stories about the transformative power of cycling. Locations also include Austin, Texas; Raystown Lake, Pa.; Savannah, Ga.; Napa Valley, Calif.; Chicago, Ill.; and Sedona, Ariz.
Bill Overton of Cape Coral just can’t stick to one beguiling beauty. He’s never met a Dendrobium he doesn’t like, even the hairiest ones. And some call the Phalaenopsis common – even easy! – but he loves them just the same. Catch him at the right moment and he will admit that above all, he is absolutely wild about the clear-flowered, burgundy-striped Paphiopedilun rothschildianum. Overton shares his passion with beginning orchid growers before every meeting of the 200-plus-member Naples Orchid Society. He’ll say, though, that “It’s not a hobby, it’s a sickness” – one he has suffered for 41 years. “It’s the complexity of the plants,” he explains. “The beautiful colors, the different shapes, from millimeters wide to 8, 9, 10 inches across. The variety of colors, shapes, sizes. Some bloom for only one hour in the middle of the night!” he raves. In the greenhouse he has fashioned on his lanai, hundreds of pots hang on its wired sides and sit on tables. Neatly printed labels announcing the orchids’ full names rise from little pots, some with blooms, others without. Overton explains that he’s in the process of transplanting now, getting ready for the hot, humid weather that he says they like. Overton, too, is a transplant, he says. He retired here eight years ago, moving from Long Island and bringing most of the plants with him. Some he has had for decades. He continues to acquire plants from time to time, though, from nurseries, vendors at orchid shows and online. Live orchids with blooms can cost anywhere from $15 to $275. Seedlings are about $7 to $20 a package, depending on the type. As the largest category of blooming plants in existence, orchid species number more than 30,000. Some bloom with one flower, some with a few, some with an amazing number. “I’ve had them bloom with over 100,” says Overton. “What’s not to love?” n
Get some pedal power @ 9 am Sundays, May 14, 21 and 28 on Create.
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Bill Overton among his orchids. Photo by Dayna Harpster
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Saturdays with the Metropolitan Opera May 6
Cyrano De Bergerac (Alfano) 12:30 to 3:40 pm
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Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) 12:30 to 5:17 pm
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May 7 Thirsty Planet
Scientists say most people on Earth will first experience climate change in terms of water — either too much or too little. This documentary explores some of the most salient problems and solutions regarding water by visiting two countries where water issues are critical: India and Israel. May 14 The Pulse: “Badass Ladies in Labs”
Celebrate women who forged a path for generations of female scientists to come, and visit labs run by women and staffed by women, who are doing groundbreaking work. Explore the successes of these women, and hear about the challenges and sexism they’ve faced. Meet a female video game designer fighting for more nuanced female characters, and a woman who was told she didn’t have a brain for science, but she proved everyone wrong. They include novelist Zora Neale Hurston, Mote Marine Lab’s Eugenie Clark, and anthropologist Robin Nelson. May 21 Humankind Special — The Power of Nonviolence: Compassion practice
This program focuses on the impact of basic human compassion in solving conflict. Attend a compassion training course in two Los Angeles jails and hear from Frank Rogers, the theologian who developed this model, as well as from prisoners and the chaplains who teach this. May 28 Humankind Special — The Power of Nonviolence: Healing the Trauma of War
Hear the stories of veterans who served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. How do they heal the invisible wounds — emotional and spiritual — sustained in the combat zone? Up to 400,000 returning soldiers are dealing with effects of PTSD and “moral injury” in war. We hear the voices of veterans as well as chaplains and other counselors who help them mend.
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VETERANS from page 8
Dr. Tom Gillaspie After graduating from veterinary school, Tom Gillaspie was drafted to the 175th U. S. Army Veterinary Detachment in Chu Lai, Vietnam in 1971. During his yearlong tour of duty, Capt. Gillaspie traveled throughout Vietnam tending to the needs of sick and injured service dogs. In addition, veterinarians participated in the “Vietnamization” process whereby they tried to win the hearts and minds of local people by treating their livestock. Members of the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps inspected the food on U.S. bases. Back in the United States, Gillaspie retired from the Army Veterinary Corps and opened his veterinary practice in Fort Myers.
Wayne O. Smith Now a Naples resident, 1st Lt. Wayne O. Smith was forced to eject over North Vietnam while flying his 90th combat mission on Jan. 18, 1968. On that mission, Smith shot down a MIG-17 in aerial combat before his own aircraft was shot down. He was taken as a prisoner of war and spent the next 1,882 days in captivity before being released on March 14, 1973. After recovering from his injuries at Maxwell AFB, Ala., Capt. Smith left active duty on Sept. 4, 1973. He served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard for a year. He was a pilot for Eastern Airlines for a short time before becoming a senior corporate executive. Smith is now retired.
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PTSD plagues Veterans of all wars
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By Dayna Harpster
hen Congress mandated the viding fishing trips and vacations for National Vietnam Veterans servicemen through connections Bunch Readjustment Study in 1983, the conmade with the local hospitality industry. clusion was that a “substantial minoriNearly 3,500 received free week-long ty” of Vietnam veterans experienced vacations. A few years ago, he began adjustment problems. About 26 percent focusing intensively on active duty men met criteria for post-traumatic stress and women suffering from post-traudisorder, according to the Department matic stress. Since 2009 he has received of Veterans Affairs. eight to 10 calls for help a month. But when those results were One of them explained what it is re-evaluated along with data from the like to cope with post-traumatic stress: Matsunaga Vietnam Veterans Project A sufferer explains in 2003, researchers concluded that a “We would regularly get mortared. “large majority” of Vietnam veterans We heard shrapnel nearby, right in front were struggling still with PTSD. of where we lived. In those days IEDs Physical and psychological trauma were new, and so we didn’t necessarily suffered by members of the military know the best ways to combat them … is nothing new. Soldiers coined the and there was constant stress during term “shell shock” during World War the convoys. We’d go out and road I to describe a cluster of clearance later would find symptoms. a giant IED strapped to the Much more is other side of the bridge we understood today about just went across. ...There the unsettling role comwere a lot of close calls.” bat trauma can play in a The serviceman, person’s life as veterans whose asked for anonymity of conflicts in Iran, Iraq in this story, believes that and Afghanistan return to his divorce and the death Operation Open Arms former lives as civilians. of his grandfather during Social support plays a founder John Bunch. his deployment didn’t help. critical role in reducing PTSD sympNeither did the national mood at times. toms, according to the Department of Experts acknowledge that non-military Veterans Affairs. circumstances may play a role in the Local nonprofit helps development of post-traumatic stress. The problem is, few past or present “Even today, the public has mixed members of the military want to seek feelings about what went on there. help from official sources, said South“(I was) nervous and on edge for west Florida resident John “GiddyUp” a year. There was a pirate ship on the Bunch, a fishing captain and veteran of ocean at a festival for kids, in Tampa, the U.S. Marines. He’s the founder of and I was walking back to the car with Operation Open Arms, which arranges my brother and the cannon went off for free mental health services – with on that pirate ship and I immediately nothing recorded – for active members hit the ground. It was kind of embarof the U.S. military who express a need. rassing. My brother laughed. I laughed In September, he received the Army’s later. Humor helps. Mentally, I think prestigious Outstanding Civilian Service I’ve done pretty well with it. When I Award from U.S. Army Chief of Staff returned, the biggest thing was I just Gen. Mark Milley in Washington, D.C. couldn’t sleep. To this day I have a lot of Bunch’s nonprofit began by protrouble sleeping.” n
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