Guitars for Vets strikes a chord

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Guitars for Vets strikes a chord
By Dave Lubach
Aug 24, 04:38 PM
Patrick Nettesheim (left) and Dan Van Buskirk founded Guitars for Vets in 2007. Since then, the program has graduated more than 6,000 wounded veterans and provided more than 60,000 guitar lessons.

At one point, Patrick Nettesheim wanted to be a doctor. Although his career path took him in a different direction, he’s found a way to help thousands of wounded veterans in their healing process.

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Nettesheim is a guitar instructor in Milwaukee, and a series of guitar lessons in 2007 with a Vietnam War Marine veteran led to the formation of Guitars for Vets, a non-profit organization that offers free guitar lessons to wounded veterans.