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Altogether. it just makes it a little bit easier. >> the commander of the american legion called me up one day and asked me if i wanted to do it and i wasn't sure if i di did. i don't ever want to do stuff on that day, it's very personal and when he said grand marshal, i said let me get back to you and i called up some of the guys that i was with on that memorial day. i wanted to make sure they knew that it was going to be a bigger parade than anything that they've seen. >> we are brothers. that's all it is. combat vets. we always stick together. we always have each other's back. so it was an ...

>> for these combat veterans from fallujah, iraq and afghanistan, this sound sure beats the sound of bullets. >> this is a good therapy for anybody, combat veteran who is suffering from ptsd and just to be together with people that have been through the same thing you've been through and they know what you have been through and you don't have to talk about it. >> that's the whole point of this, the brain child of former marine martinez. getting fellow combat vets who seen and heard the worst of war and still deal with its impact out on the high seas to focus on fishing and camaraderie. >> i wa...

I'm surrounding myself with like-minded individuals, combat veterans that understand me. literally this operation has now become almost my form of therapy. >> put your left hand higher you were on the top. there you go. >> martinez says his day of deep sea fishing is surging in popularity and demand as more combat vets hear about it and more patriotic owners donate their vessels. one important thing they want all americans to know is that ptsd is not something to be afraid of and shouldn't be stigmatized. >> the thing about marines is, you know, when one is there, two are there, three are ther...

>> for these combat veterans from fallujah, iraq and afghanistan, this sound sure beats the sound of bullets. >> this is a good therapy for anybody, combat veteran who is suffering from ptsd and just to be together with people that have been through the same thing you've been through and they know what you have been through and you don't have to talk about it. >> that's the whole point of this, the brain child of former marine martinez. getting fellow combat vets who seen and heard the worst of war and still deal with its impact out on the high seas to focus on fishing and camaraderie. >> i wa...

I'm surrounding myself with like-minded individuals, combat veterans that understand me. literally this operation has now become almost my form of therapy. >> put your left hand higher you were on the top. there you go. >> martinez says his day of deep sea fishing is surging in popularity and demand as more combat vets hear about it and more patriotic owners donate their vessels. one important thing they want all americans to know is that ptsd is not something to be afraid of and shouldn't be stigmatized. >> the thing about marines is, you know, when one is there, two are there, three are ther...