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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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“What was it like basically deciding to take a job where you had to go back in the closet?”

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“What was it like basically deciding to take a job where you had to go back in the closet?”

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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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‘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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“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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“It was an awful job that somebody had to do.”

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“It was an awful job that somebody had to do.”

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"It was all about saving a life and not taking a life.”

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"It was all about saving a life and not taking a life.”

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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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“Right away, bullets were flying at me.”

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“Right away, bullets were flying at me.”

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“I didn't realize some of the things that I would be called to do would be as difficult as they were.”

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“I didn't realize some of the things that I would be called to do would be as difficult as they were.”

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"I'm very proud of the man that you are today."

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"I'm very proud of the man that you are today."