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by GLORIA HILLARD
August 4, 2011 10:13 AM ET
When the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines ended its eight-month tour in Afghanistan earlier this year, it came home to Camp Pendleton with an unenviable record. The unit had suffered the highest casualties of the Afghan war to date: 25 Marines had died and more than 150 were wounded — many forced to undergo double and triple amputations.
by GLORIA HILLARD
August 4, 2011 10:13 AM ET
When the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines ended its eight-month tour in Afghanistan earlier this year, it came home to Camp Pendleton with an unenviable record. The unit had suffered the highest casualties of the Afghan war to date: 25 Marines had died and more than 150 were wounded — many forced to undergo double and triple amputations.