'Was it worth it?' Parents of fallen Marine help vets cope amid war's crushing end
A Tennessee couple whose son was killed in Afghanistan are building a rural refuge where they hope other combat vets can help each other to heal.
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A Tennessee couple whose son was killed in Afghanistan are building a rural refuge where they hope other combat vets can help each other to heal.
SPRINGVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — She was folding a red sweater when she heard a car door slam, went to the window and realized that a moment she always imagined would kill her was about to be made real: three Marines and a Navy chaplain were walking toward her door, and that could only mean one thing.
Some who served with the Darkhorse Battalion are having a hard time seeing it any way other than that their efforts, their blood and the lives of their fallen friends were for nothing.