The Ground Truth

00:01:12 Today we bring together...

00:03:52 Put yourself in the picture...

00:06:50 They systemically break you down.

00:09:23 We slammed head-on into that in World War II.

00:12:21 Let us pray! Down!

00:15:25 I mean, they weren't gonna stop bullets...

00:18:22 At that moment, right there, I lost it.

00:21:40 ...and someone's shooting at you and your friend...

00:25:26 The number of wounded needs to be reexamined.

00:28:58 "Just gotta mark it up."

00:32:28 Life goes snap...

00:35:47 SOLDIER 2: Get out! Get out of the goddamn car!

00:39:33 ...or staying at that Army base to receive treatment.

00:42:49 It was just kind of like just going.

00:45:44 No matter what I do...

00:49:17 Nobody calls these people up and says...

00:52:18 And their life depended on it, their buddy's life depended on it.

00:55:23 JOYCE: The emotional scars that these troops are bringing back with them...

00:58:51 ...or distant Robert or, you know, and it varies throughout the day as well...

01:02:16 Yeah, 120 days seemed to be the only thing they knew about.

01:05:36 ...it's just like, "Welcome home," and you're just, like...

01:08:09 ...even though it turns out, you know, that we're sometimes...

01:11:06 ...just to get that money, those benefits.

20:02:00 out of it, right now.