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A US soldier of 2-12 Infantry Task Force Mountain Warrior takes a break during a night mission near Honaker Miracle camp at the Pesh valley of Kunar Province.

Trump might send thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Here’s what US vets are saying about it.

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Veterans tell us what they think of a plan that might increase the US presence in Afghanistan.

Dutch and U.S. flags decorate the graves at the American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten.

Generations of Dutch citizens still trek to the graves of US World War II soldiers

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Sebastian Junger, director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo."

Sebastian Junger on PTSD: ‘It’s coming home that’s actually the trauma’

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