The Inspiring Story of a Veteran’s Battle for Justice
“I came out of service with my health shattered. I had no “job skills” had I been able to work… I only knew how to ‘soldier.’ There was no demand for my services. A VA doctor told me to go home and ‘shoot myself’ as a relief to my government. Perhaps I should have.” —From a letter to Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher, 2001, just months before Eddie, WWII hero, Prisoner of War, valiant soldier, passed away.
This book is moving, inspiring, enraging, hopeful and depressing all at the same time. In 2014 it came to light that the Veterans Administration has been delaying treatment for hundreds of veterans and that some of the delays have resulted in veterans’ deaths. “Something From Eddie” is about a veteran of World War II but it is as relevant now as at any time.
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