Title: Short Changed
Subtitle: Memoir of an American Combat Veteran
Description: According to the "***Soldiers in Prison***" documentary, "*Until recently one in every five US. prisoners was a Vietnam veteran.*"
*Short Changed: Memoir of an American Combat Veteran* chronicles the life of Eldson J. McGhee, a Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient who suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). The book tells the story of a soldier who experiences physical and emotional trauma while serving, and after his tour in Vietnam.

As an high school honor student, McGhee had plans to become a lawyer, live a prosperous life, and make his family proud. No one would have guessed the direction his life would take.

Upon his return from war, McGhee leads a life of crime, drug abuse, and eventually, incarceration. Yet McGhee's story is one of overcoming, transformation, redemption, and a second chance at life.
Subjects: Veterans, War, prisons, post-traumatic stress disorder, United States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, African American veterans, Patients, American Personal narratives, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, African American soldiers, Vietnam War, 1961–1975
Places: Vietnam, Cam Ranh Bay, Atlanta, Washington Metropolitan Area, Marshallville Georgia, Macon County (Ga.)
People: Barack Obama, Michael Eugene Mullen (1944-1970)
Time periods: 1946-Present