Members of all branches of the U.S. Military served our country with pride from 1959 until 1975 in the Vietnam War.

Soldiers who made it out alive were faced with a fight tougher than combat when they came home. "Dreams and stuff you have sometimes. Certain things, you'll just be sitting and something will come on that you think about. It overwhelms you sometimes,” Air Force veteran, Dave Monroe. He was just 18 when he went to war.

After his return, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and dealt with a bout of survivor's guilt. “A lot of those guys were just teenagers or very young guys when they died,” said Monroe. “They never had a chance to have a life. They couldn't have a family. They couldn't have an occupation. They weren't able to have a life like the ones that came back had."

“We're able to go to their communities and begin the healing process for them, and I've seen that several times on these trips we've gone to,” said veteran, Rodney Gonsalves. He’s the site manager for The Wall that Heals.

Gonsalves says the feelings Dave has dealt with are not unusual, and that's why The Wall that Heals travels the country-- to lay those feelings of trauma and guilt to rest.

“I remember some of the things that were going on during Vietnam, how they were mistreated. For me, it's a way of paying back and honoring those that served," said Gonsalves.

As for Dave Monroe, he says he'll always carry memories of Vietnam with him. But in coming to The Wall that Heals, he's been able to find closure and let memories of a war a world away rest.

The Wall that Heals comes to the Zem Zem Shrine Club in Erie on May 27th.