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Maine Veterans Spotlight 10/13/24

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Maine Veterans Spotlight 10/13/24

Dante Vespignani, whose dad, Frank Vespignani, served in World War II as part of the occupation forces in Japan and letter that Dante found that was in Japanese that he was able to get interpreted some 75 years after it was written.

And we wrap up the show with the very important topic of Veterans Suicide.  Dr. Jay Gorman,  a clinical psychologist at the VA Health Care System in the Veterans Mental Health and Addictions Program. They will discuss the subject of “upstream” suicide prevention care and more.

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