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IrishAyes

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19. One woman in the group which watched the rescued film with us later

Reply to freshwest (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 05:56 PM

Oct 2013

said that the soldier who never recovered was her brother, and she cried all the way through. I can still hear it in my own heart. That's why the government suppressed it so long - they were afraid of a public outcry if too many people saw the deep psychological scars of warfare.

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