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Justin Donnelly

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He was on a roll. Justin Donnelly had just been promoted to company medic and, back home, his wife had just given birth to his first child. But then he was injured in a car bomb explosion and sent back to the States. He began to recover from his wounds and adjust to a new life. (5:57)

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Was it justified? In Justin Donnelly's mind, Operation Iraqi Freedom was totally justified. We were there to get rid of a dictator and help the people of Iraq. The politics and troubles afterward would not alter his opinion. (4:31)

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What kind of music did he listen to over there? All kinds of music. Combat medic Justin Donnelly had a playlist like no other and he kept it going on his laptop when he was at the base. When he got home, he was amazed at the divisiveness that had taken hold while he was gone. (4:55)

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If Uncle Sam wanted you to have a wife, he would have issued you one. Justin Donnelly found one in the Army, anyway. They were both in training as combat medics and then deployed to Iraq with different units. Then he went back for another tour while she waited at home with a newborn. (18:35)

Kay Sloan

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Kay Sloan was born in a small town near Hiroshima where her father was head of a Buddhist temple. When he passed away, her mother had to raise eight children as war was brewing in the Pacific. They faced increasing hardship as the war brought embargoes and dwindling food supplies. (5:10)

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In a small town near Hiroshima, Kay Sloan was astounded when the sky suddenly was filled with bright white light. No one knew what had happened until a visitor said maybe it was that "electric" bomb that the Germans had been working on. (3:39)

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Kay Sloan thought her sister was surely dead. She lived in Nagasaki and the second atomic bomb has just been detonated there. Then, a week later, a ghostly figure appeared at the gate. (2:58)

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Food was scarce and shortly after the atomic bomb had been used, Kay Sloan remembers that everyone in town ate up some delicious mushrooms that appeared in the vegetable store. No one knew about radioactive fallout. (4:21)

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Kay Sloan recalls the difficulties she faced as a Japanese war bride in America. Most everyone was nice to her, but she had a rough time with her groom's family. (3:07)

Keith Nightingale

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Every male in his family back through history served so it was preordained that Keith Nightingale would serve in the military. He got a commission out of ROTC and went through jump school and Ranger school. He headed to the 82nd Airborne but went on his first tour of Vietnam as an advisor to the South Vietnamese army. (7:19)