- In May of 2007 Patrick Nettesheim was teaching Dan Van Buskirk his guitar lesson when they started
chatting about how much playing the guitar has helped Dan manage his Vietnam born PTSD (Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder). Dan felt that it gave him focus and a great sense of happiness. They
speculated that other Vets with PTSD might benefit from this meditation in motion. Great idea! It was then
that Pat told Dan a story about an entire song that he had recently composed while lying on my back with
his eyes closed. The relevance of this was, that even injured Vets who could not sit up, might learn how to
play the guitar and find joy in it. Dan then said something to the order of “It would be really powerful if we
could get some guitars for these guys.” And then Pat simply countered with, “Why don’t we start an
organization called Guitars for Vets? Its the healing power of music in the hands of heros.” They did.
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