S1 Ep46: The Cowboy in the Canteen

In tonight’s dead letter… a VFW canteen worker in Michigan has a close encounter with a mysterious cowboy, complete with vintage attire and dollar coins. The stranger asks her to champion his cause of getting “shell shock” recognized for a Purple Heart. After the encounter, the letter he provides vanishes and the general he mentions turns out to be from the Civil War.

Links:

Jim Harold’s Roadhouse Saloon Campfire STory
https://jimharold.com/the-roadhouse-saloon-from-the-files-of-jim-harolds-campfire/

The VFW
https://www.vfw.org/

Shell Shock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_shock

PTSD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder

PTSD as a Criteria for a Purple Heart
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/520197/purple-heart-criteria-exclude-ptsd-defense-officials-say

https://www.mghclaycenter.org/hot-topics/denying-purple-hearts-veterans-ptsd-2/

https://www.disabledveterans.org/purple-hearts-for-ptsd/

The ‘Seated Liberty’ Dollar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seated_Liberty_dollar

Some for sale on Ebay
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=seated+liberty+dollars+1840-1873&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1311

‘The Edge of Tomorrow’ movie which references Verdun as an Alien Battle Site
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Tomorrow

Unsolved Mysteries: Paranormal Rangers
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22336540/

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