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From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Protest against President Trump and THAAD in Soseongri, Korea, Credit: Stop THAAD Alliance

We head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in the 70s, 80s, and 90s are organi...

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Beau Buffkin: "Warfare over there is very, very impersonal."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Beaufort Buffkin served with the U.S. Army as an infantry specialist during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Bravo Battery, with which he...

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Shawn Grove: "It was after 9/11 and I thought I could make a difference."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Shawn Grove was a linguist in the U.S. Army for five years and served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He spent a year in a horse stable, which he said ...

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Maxey Carpenter: "It was a good job. So it was like: Move out, kid."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Maxey B. Carpenter achieved the rank of full colonel in the U.S. Army in a career that spanned nearly 30 years. He was deployed to Panama, the Phil...

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Craig Misajet: "Hey man, chill out. Your legs are still there. You're good."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Craig Misajet joined the Marine Corps in Feburary 2008, partly to get out of the trouble he'd found in high school in Wyoming. He went to Iraq, whi...

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Adam McCaw: "It's too dangerous to leave things without being smoothed over."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Part of Adam McCaw's job with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry 7th Special Forces Group was to train Afghanis to be police officers. He had to fire a f...

Tylor Willis: "The day I got blown up is the first day that comes to mind."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Tylor Willis was a Corporal E-4 who served with the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan in the Battle of Sangin. He was awarded a Purple Heart. While in co...

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Miles Netzer: "What opportunity would I have ever had without joining?"

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Miles Netzer served with the U.S. Marines from June 2002 through July 2011. He deployed several times to multiple theaters. His parent unit was VMG...

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Tyler Preston: "I knew then that we were going to war."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Tyler Preston joined the Navy on Sept. 14, 1999, and served 11 years as an Aircrew Survival Equipmentman or "Parachute Rigger" and was stationed wi...

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Sorn Jessen: "I grew up in Eastern Montana on the Crow Reservation."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Sorn Jessen was attached to the 513th Military Intelligence Battalion out of Fort Gordon, Ga. He deployed with his unit to Camp Doha, Kuwait, in Se...

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Mike Warner: "I don't know how many lives were saved by handing them two MREs."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Michael Warner served with the U.S. Marines from 2002 to 2008, deploying to Iraq from 2003 to the end of 2005. His tank unit cleared a large number...

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