From Atlanta-
Hurtling through the dark but missile-streaked skies over Hanoi in 1972 after his B-52 bomber was shot down, Robert Certain was pretty sure he was going to die, just like three of the men in his plane had, and remembers praying for his parachute not to open rather than dying in captivity.
Then a 25-year-old Air Force navigator, the Rev. Certain is now the 63-year-old senior priest of St. Peter and St. Paul Episcopal Church in east Cobb, but war is still very much on the mind of the retired colonel.
Now, though, he thinks more about helping the military personnel returning from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Certain had flashes of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for decades, which is one reason his large church is doing all it can to help returning veterans deal with the problems that cause more suicides among military people today than ever.
The military suicide rate has been rising for five years even though the Department of Veterans Affairs offers more psychological help to vets now than in the past.
More here-
http://www.ajc.com/news/episcopal-priest-and-former-983142.html
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