Bonnie Usan Flood was attending the University of Minnesota in the late '70s when she produced Strong at the Broken Places, a documentary about what was then called "delayed stress" among Vietnam veterans. Today, this is known as PTSD.

"I had been active in the anti-war movement and hadn't had a lot of interaction with vets. And when I met them they were just wonderful guys," Bonnie said. "I felt that there was a story there about what had happened to the guys that we sent over there and what didn't happen to them when they got back."

30 years later, Bonnie invited George and his daughter, Kim, to join her at TPT to watch the "Strong at the Broken Places" documentary together, and to reflect on that complex era and how far we've come as a society and as individuals.

Looking back with perspective, Bonnie said, "We missed an opportunity to welcome back our kids."

Like many other Vietnam veterans, George did not receive the welcome home and support that he deserved and needed. His daughter Kim recalls nights where he would wake up screaming from flashbacks and nightmares. 

As the former Director of the Veterans Resource Center at the University of Minnesota, George and his group led the fight in not only tackling major health issues that Vietnam veterans faced like PTSD and Agent Orange, but in the improvement of the status of the veteran overall.

"We're looking at the person now," he said about his work, of which he's proud.

George's family remembers him with love. His wife shared: 
"To me, his family and our friends he was our rock... truly a great man. Many loved him."