always getting the inmates to share some very intimate details of their lives, and sometimes their crimes. i think in clark's case, the fact that i was a veteran and the fact that he was a veteran really created a bond between us, and he felt comfortable talking to me. >> fish went on to discuss the fear he felt when he was deployed to iraq not long after joining the army. >> i didn't want to go because i didn't want to die. i was too afraid of dying. but also i felt like i had been jilted with the whole health care specialist, it sounded real pretty. >> prior to his deployment, fish requested a discharge and was denied. so he went awol. he was eventually caught and did time in a military jail. >> while i was in jail i had time to think and i said, this doesn't become me or my family to be sitting here in jail, i'm too afraid to go to iraq. i said my dad was in vietnam. i can do this, too. so i decided, i'm going to do it. and so that was my second chance. so they sent me to iraq.