"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...." -David Schmidt, CEO/Founder, LifeWave, Inc. "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." -Michael J. Collins, President, LifeWave, Inc. He Went to War an Idealistic Youth...He Came Back a Broken, Tortured Man At 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. In 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. In 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. Donald "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.