In Their Boots: "War Scar, Chapter 1"

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See Chapter 2 here.

See Chapter 3 here.

From In Their Boots, Episode 9-A2, "War Scar, Chapter 1." Used with permission. All rights reserved. In Their Boots is a documentary series about the impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having on people here at home.

In Their Boots is funded by a grant from the Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund (IADIF) of the California Community Foundation and is produced by Brave New Foundation.