Stories
Recovery stories and awareness films
Chapters from the documentary Caroline's Poster and interviews with Veterans and families. Every story is shared with permission.
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▶ PlayCaroline's Poster — Official Trailer
Published 2024-11-19
The trailer for the documentary that started Global Recovery Inc. Founder Carol Lombard Clark set out with a camera and a poster to ask people in 18 countries and 30 U.S. states what war had done to their families, and what helped them carry on. The film is the seed of the organization's four-path approach to recovery.
▶ PlayHow Storytelling Became My Therapy for Vietnam Trauma
Published 2024-11-04
A Vietnam Veteran describes how telling his story, again and again, to people willing to listen became the most useful thing he did for himself after the war. The segment is a reminder that being heard is often the first step a family can take together, long before anyone talks about programs or providers.
▶ PlayCarol's Journey to Vietnam Begins
Published 2024-11-04
Carol prepares to travel to Vietnam, the country where she lost her boyfriend in 1967, and explains why going back matters to her and to the families she films. This opening chapter sets up the personal stakes behind the organization's work with spouses and children of Veterans.
▶ PlayVisiting Johnny's Memorial
Published 2024-11-04
Carol and a companion ride to the place where a loved one named Johnny died and spend time at his memorial. The segment shows what remembrance can look like decades later and why rituals of grief are part of the Spirit path in the organization's method.
▶ PlaySurvivors of War: Hope from the Tunnel Children of Vietnam
Published 2024-11-05
Children who grew up in wartime tunnels and the sites of major battles share how their communities recovered. The segment illustrates the organization's belief that the effects of war move through generations, and that so does recovery.
▶ PlayThe Unseen Resilience of Children in War Zones
Published 2024-11-04
At a tunnel entrance, one of the film's main voices reflects on children who lived through war and the strength they carry into adulthood. Produced to raise awareness of how conflict shapes children, including the children of U.S. Veterans.
▶ PlayMessages to Future Generations
Published 2024-11-05
Two people interviewed for the film answer one question: what do you wish the next generation knew? Their answers touch on growing up around war, the value of listening, and what they hope their grandchildren will never have to learn firsthand.
▶ PlayJust Love — Caroline's Poster Soundtrack
Published 2025-11-25
A song written and produced by Carol Lombard Clark for the film's soundtrack. Music has been part of the organization's awareness work from the beginning, and this track accompanies the film's closing message of reconciliation.