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With both conveying my words and their intent, we became almost one person in a sense. zac also shares in the book, in his own words why he close to remain an interpreter after several of his colleagues quit because of the taliban's attacks. quote, i thought someone has to take a chance for afghanistan. i was not in the afghan national army but i felt that by using my skills to help people trying to help afghanistan, i was serving my country and building our future. end quote. their story is one of more courage and friendship and it is ongoing. joining us now is active duty marine major tom sc...

Because of their work with the united states, potentially death. but interpreters like zac, when they get into the united states, one of the things we're supposed to do is give them a green card, a path to permanent legal status in the united states. zac's story isn't over yet. as of april, his most recent visa application was rejected. so even after all that he has done for this country, and all that he has done to get to this country, his stay in the united states is still not guaranteed. zac and major schueman join me here live in the studio right after this. n me here live in the studio ri...

United states, if you so choose, and we'll stand with you just as you stood with us. >> that was a year ago last month. the war in afghanistan was the longest war in this nation's history. the message that president biden was underlining there is a message america used to recruit afghan residents for more than a decade. if you risk your life to serve and protect our military, there's a home for you in america. a month after biden made that statement, both rachel and i had the honor to speak with these two men, major tom schueman and his major interpreter zac, and they were assigned to one of t...

At the airport entry point, where they were again denied entry two days later, you can hear one of the kids crying in the background. and then finally, these photos with the caption, wheels up. today's an intense amount of lobbying and crowd sourcing to help zac and his family, they finally made it out. here are zac and major schueman this year reunited in the united states. now zac and major schueman's story is a true heroes story but it shouldn't have to be. a little over 18,000 people like zac and their families have been granted this special type of visa that let's them into the united sta...

Wheels up was the caption on this photo of the afghan interpreter zac the day he finally got himself and his physical lay out of afghanistan last year after a heroic lean effort by major thomas schueman but there is so much more to the story in the brand new book "always faithful" a sorry in the war in afghanistan and the fall of kabul and the unshakeable bond between a marine and an interpreter. reading it you get a sense of how close these men became. tom, major schueman writes, quote, zac had become my friend and confidante, tactically and professionally. zac was the constant i needed. as w...