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Veteran Nashville Songwriters Are Helping Veterans with PTSD in an Innovative Chattanooga Program

An estimated 22 veterans of the U.S. military commit suicide every day. That startling statistic was first reported by USA Today in February, 2013. Little has changed in the interim, but a local non-profit is trying to help veterans in the Chattanooga area. Richard Winham talked to Bobbie Allison-Standefer, co-founder of Heartland Therapeutic Programs about an innovative program called Operation Song which is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder cope with life after the military.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1eO9CTl3aU

Richard Winham joined WUTC five years after the station began broadcasting to the Chattanooga area and the Tennessee Valley.