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Local author takes part in documentary
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How does one deal with the pain of having a loved one sent halfway across the world to fight a war in a distant country? Since 2001 over one million American soldiers have left their loved ones behind to travel overseas for tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Pentagon data. Their spouses, significant others, family members and friends have been left to wonder what life is like for them in the theatre of war, praying that they are safe and dreading receiving a call from the military, informing them that their husband, wife, daughter, son, brother or sister is dead.