Ex-Marine Aims Camera at Self to Heal From the War

ABC News Friday 27th April, 2012

An ex-Marine filmmaker whose unit carried pocket digital cameras into some of the worst fighting in Iraq is using that footage, and post-war interviews, to open viewers' eyes about combat and help himself deal with the lasting emotional impact. The videos are stark. One Marine is so badly hurt he filmed himself giving himself the Last Rites. Some of the fighters seem unaffected years later in civilian life, while others have gone through se...

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