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In October 1967, eighteen-year-old Patrick Bradley enlisted in the
US Army and was later deployed to North Vietnam as a special
operator with missions to kill high-value targets. Combat left him
physically and psychologically wounded, as it does many veterans,
and Bradley struggled to adjust when he returned home. He seemed
destined for military prison after an altercation in which he broke
a superior officer's jaw, but his life changed forever when a
psychiatrist recommended a unique path for healing. Thanks to a
program sponsored by the Canadian government, Bradley traveled to
Canada to study bald eagles and document their behavior. He found
himself recovering while living alone in the wild with minimal
supplies or human contact. At the same time, his work was paving
the way for groundbreaking research, including the discovery of a
link between the use of the pesticide DDT and a decrease in
southern bald eagle populations. Later, he forged a successful
career training and managing wild animals and committed himself to
helping other wounded warriors by cofounding the Avian Veteran
Alliance, a nonprofit that pairs veterans suffering from PTSD and
physical injuries with injured birds of prey. The Eagle on My Arm
tells Bradley's inspirational story for the first time. This moving
account reveals how a soldier became a dedicated healer, using his
years of study and solitude to face his demons and turn his pain
into a lifelong passion for helping others.
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