{"product_id":"9780988542617","title":"Words of a Wounded Eagle: A Vietnam Combat Vet's Story of War, Pain, Love, and Life","description":"\"The story you are about to read is one of persistence in the face of overwhelming odds, and how, with love driving a dream, the impossible can be made possible....\"\u003cbr\u003e-David Schmidt, CEO\/Founder, LifeWave, Inc.\u003cp\u003e\"Don Collins is a remarkable man with a remarkable story.... It begins as a teenager in combat, and passes through a hellish journey.... In the end, there is triumph. As a Vietnam veteran myself, this story means a lot to me, and I take a special, deep gratification from my small role in being part of his ultimate victory over his condition.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Michael J. Collins, President, LifeWave, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe Went to War an Idealistic Youth...He Came Back a Broken, Tortured Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt eighteen years of age, Don Collins joined the US Army to fight for America, even requesting a guarantee he would get to fight in Vietnam - in the infantry. In late 1966, his request granted, he was shipped off to Vietnam, eager to fulfill his patriotic duty to his country and find the glory of war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Vietnam, his glorious illusions were quickly shattered by the death, destruction, and horror that are the reality of war. Then, on April 5, 1967, in the flash of a VC booby trap blast, Don's body was ripped to shreds and his life was forever changed. He was just nineteen years old. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the riveting Words of a Wounded Eagle: A Vietnam Combat Vet's Story of War, Pain, Love, and Life, follow Don through his short-lived tour of duty in Vietnam, his forty-two year battle with pain, alcoholism and addiction that followed, and finally, to the freedom from pain he found through LifeWave patches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald \"Donnie\" Collins is a businessman and a Vietnam War veteran who endured forty-two years of pain from war injuries before finding relief through LifeWave patches. Born in Milan, MO, he now resides in Tucson, AZ, with his wife, Sandy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CEDT Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017634234608,"sku":"9780988542617","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988542617_p0.jpg?v=1763899166","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988542617","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}