Transcript: Veterans' Voices: Returning Home From Afghanistan [DP]

MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
11-11-2009
Veterans' Voices: Returning Home From Afghanistan [DP]

Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time 21:00-22:00 PM


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MICHELE NORRIS, host:

Today, we have been hearing some veteran stories about what it's like to come home from war. For some, homecomings brought fond memories; for others, reentering everyday society was a struggle, a struggle that continues to this day.

Krista Almanzan of member station KAZU has the story of one soldier's return after being wounded in Afghanistan.

KRISTA ALMANZAN: An accident sent Army Specialist Jeanne O'Brien home on a stretcher in 2007. While guarding ammunition in Afghanistan, a Chinook helicopter landed nearby, ...

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