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Man on your screen is army staff sergeant travis mills. a member of 82nd airborne, third deployment to afghanistan. just last week he lost all four of his limbs in an ied attack. this is ied explosion. he had emergency surgery on monday in germany and he is right now recovering from another operation at walter reed army medical center in washington. you see him with his wife kelsey and his little girl cloe. a short time ago his father dennis told me was meeting with a specialist and things are g...

Right now staff sergeant travis mills is struggling to beat up credible odds at walter reed army medical center. he was severely injured by an ied explosion in afghanistan a week ago. he is now a quadruple amputee. he lost his arms and his legs. he underwent mmg surgery in germany. he was flown back to his home in the united states yesterday. he is recovering from a few more operations. this is still ongoing for his family. we spoke to his wife kelsey on monday. she has been able to see him. fam...

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This ied explosion. >> i learned how to live without a lot of things in iraq. when i looked in and i saw those children, the one thing i couldnt live without was my own humanity. i couldnt self-justify what i was doing in iraq any more. what we as a nation were doing in iraq. i had to refigure out who i was as a human being and what i wanted out of life. and what legacy i was going to leave for my children. i struggle every day, every day i struggle. >> this is a situation where we could and sho...

Small black and white video of a much larger issue. >> following the apache incident, specialist mccord served for eight more months in iraq before he was wounded in this ied explosion. >> i learned lou to live without a lot of things in iraq. when i looked in and i saw those children, the one thing i couldnt live without was my own humanity. i couldnt self-justify what i was doing in iraq any more. what we as a nation were doing in iraq. i had to refigure out who i was as a human being and what...

In a sense everybody is right but everybody is so wrong at the same time. what youre looking at is a small black and white video of a much larger issue. >> following the apache incident, specialist mccord served for eight more months in iraq before he was wounded in this ied explosion. >> i learned lou to live without a lot of things in iraq. when i looked in and i saw those children, the one thing i couldnt live without was my own humanity. i couldnt self-justify what i was doing in iraq any mo...

An ied explosion but both smiling ear to ear. >> were proud to do what we have done. >> pretty blown arplt i didnt expect this at all, actually. pretty crazy. >> it was tough. but were very lucky. were blessed. i couldnt be any more proud. ive always been proud of them. theyve always accomplished anything theyve tried to do. alisyn: you should know that heroism runs in their family, their father is a navy veteran of the vietnam war. what was supposed to be peaceful transtoeugs a new government...

They didnt have a ball, they had tin cans and whatever they had they would play with. when he came home on leave he told my husband and myself, it would be so wonderful to be able to place a ball in the hand of these children and see what they could do. this was july of 2006 is when he came home for two weeks before he had to go back to iraq. just literally a month to the day, september 3, 2006 he was killed by anism e.d. explosion. and the news of -- he was killed by an ied explosion. the news ...

today, serving those who serve with the vice chief of staff of the army peter kror relly. veterans advocates with tim tats and paul rykofp. chairman of the senate veterans commit patty murray. >> paying for veterans is a cost of war. >> and an iraq veteran -- >> ive been told welcome home dozens of times. i met a vietnam vet who had never been told that once. im candy crowley and this is "state of the union." this afternoon president obama visits joplin, missouri, the town devastat...

1 in 10 of those returning from afghanistan or iraq have lost at least an arm or leg. 1 in 4 coming home with deal with issues like depression, substance abuse or homelessness. and 1 in 4 between the ages of 18 and 24 is employed. having done a job for their country most veterans find a way to cope, but many other need help in the business of living. today, serving those who serve with the vice chief of staff of the army, peter corelli. >> i want to fix it as fast as we can. >> veter...