Article archive / October 2017
Originally published: . Volume 8, No. 10. Source pages: 11.
Dr. Dawley’s Film The Lost Homecoming Airs Oct 9 & 17 on PBS
Dr. Harold Dawley’s documentary, The Lost Homecoming–When Our Vietnam Veterans Came Home, will air October 9 at 11 pm and again on October 17 at 10 pm, on the New Orleans PBS channel WYES following the Ken Burns segment on the Vietnam War.
The Lost Homecoming tells the story of the Vietnam Veterans returning home to an apathetic or sometimes even hostile nation. “They were fighting in something the public didn’t support, and so they really felt defeated,” Dawley said to the Sun Herald. The documentary lays out the Veterans’ experiences and losses in a time when returning soldiers were more likely to be shunned than celebrated, and the impact that had on how they healed and reconnected with their communities.
“I’m hoping a large number of Vietnam veterans will see this and get satisfaction, and I hope this educates the public on the reception they received,” Dawley said.
Harold H. Dawley Jr., Ph.D., is a retired clinical psychologist, former self-help book publisher and business owner in Pass Christian, Missippippi. He spent twenty years on the staff of the New Orleans Veterans Affairs Medical Center where he served as Chief of the Psychiatry Service Day Hospital and Day Treatment programs.
During this period he also held clinical faculty appointments in the Department of Pathology at the Louisiana State University Medical School, the Department of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane University School of Medicine, and an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Allied Sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Recipient of the Outstanding Psychologist Award from the Louisiana Psychological Association and the Distinguished Service Award from the Division of Psychologists in Public Service of the American Psychological Association (APA) Dr. Dawley was elected a Fellow of the APA.
He is a Past President of the APA Division of Psychologists in Public Service and is also a Past President of the National Association of Veterans Affairs Psychologists. He also served three years in the Marine Corps before going to college and is the Commandant of the Marine Corps League Detachment in Diamondhead, Mississippi.
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