50 years after start of Vietnam War, US presses to recover remains
Colleen Shine was only 8 when her father’s jet was shot out of the sky over Vietnam in 1972. Lt. Col. Anthony Shine was declared missing in action after the A-7D reconnaissance jet he was piloting disappeared over jagged mountains near the border of Laos.
15:12 May 19, 2012
On joint U.S.-Afghan mission, balancing suspicion and ambition
When night came, after long hours in the desert, the Afghan troops poured into a one-story schoolhouse and sprawled out on the floor. Outside, the Americans were crammed in mine-resistant vehicles, gauging the risks of sleeping next to their partners. “All it takes is one bad guy. That’s all I’m saying,” said one soldier during the mission last month in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province. “I’m not crazy enough to sleep in there.”
10:14 May 19, 2012
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In a 22-foot-diameter octagonal cage where kicks and punches are exchanged, Jeff Collins finds an escape from his pain. He doesn't think about the soldiers who died beside him in an Iraqi firefight; and he doesn't dwell on what might have been if post-traumatic stress disorder hadn't forced him from the Army.
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