In this episode, I interview John Cowart who had a three-decade long career as a clinical social worker at the VA Hospital in Asheville, NC, where he counseled veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). During his years there, John worked with veterans from WWII through Vietnam, as well as many Vets from our more recent wars. A Vietnam Veteran himself, John shares insights into PTSD from his encounters with that wide range of Vets and discusses his own post-retirement activities, including a return trip to Vietnam to build a Habitat House and his hiking of the entire, 2000-plus miles of the Appalachian Trail.