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‘You guys had a uniform on and a gun. But, who fixed that gun for you?’

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‘You guys had a uniform on and a gun. But, who fixed that gun for you?’

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“We’re probably one of the military’s secret weapons.”

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“We’re probably one of the military’s secret weapons.”

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“He was living with his inner struggles, and put those aside for everybody else.”

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“He was living with his inner struggles, and put those aside for everybody else.”

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"We were about as close as people that don't speak the same language can be."

"We were about as close as people that don't speak the same language can be."

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"Next thing I know, I hear the loudest explosion..."

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"Next thing I know, I hear the loudest explosion..."

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"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"

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"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"

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"I wanted to get out there and shoot a gun. I wanted to go in the dirt. But we weren't allowed to."

"I wanted to get out there and shoot a gun. I wanted to go in the dirt. But we weren't allowed to."

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“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”

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“I feel like he’s not looked at as a hero because his wounds weren’t immediate and they weren’t physical.”

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"I remember hearing the phone ring early in the morning..."

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"I remember hearing the phone ring early in the morning..."

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"When you came home, if it's not best day ever, it's top five."

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"When you came home, if it's not best day ever, it's top five."

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"She died on an incident that I sent her on."

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"She died on an incident that I sent her on."

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“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”

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“You have to go back. And you’re going back to train for the Olympics.”