Review: A beautiful yet heart wrenching tribute to an American hero
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2014
I just finished reading Something From Eddie and I am literally shaking and wiping tears from my eyes as the story stirred up a wide range of true emotions for me. This obviously true story is about a man who was a true hero. Eddie fought for his country, and survived a POW camp rendering him ill with post trauma stress disorder. Like so many of our veterans, Eddie never got the help that he needed, despite his continual efforts to contact the authorities. He was denied his veterans benefits, his pension, and even basic health care. They wouldn't even give him access to his own heath records and the result of this blatant negligence by the government left Eddie and his wife to live in poverty and desolation to an extend that rivals the conditions in developing countries. No water, no electricity, no food and no hope. I truly hope that more people read this because it is only through knowledge and understanding that we can bring change.