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Our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, made the trip with a group of wounded u.s. troops. it started in the war zone of afghanistan. she picks up their story at the landstuhl military hospital in germany. >> got it? >> got it. >> eight hours after leaving the war zone, words of comfort. >> welcome to landstuhl, you're safe now, they're going to take good care of you, okay? >> for some, the rush to intensive care, even as stretchers keep coming off the overnight flight from afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at the landstuhl regional medical...

Starr, made the trip with a group of wounded u.s. troops. it started in the war zone of afghanistan. she picks up their story at the landstuhl military hospital in germany. >> got it? >> got it. >> eight hours after leaving the war zone, words of comfort. >> welcome to landstuhl, you're safe now, they're going to take good care of you, okay? >> for some, the rush to intensive care, even as stretchers keep coming off the overnight flight from afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at the landstuhl regional medical center. some of them are suffering ...

Afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at the aregional medical center. some of them are suffering massive injuries. they have been in roadside bomb blasts, mortar attacks, it is here that you can begin to see the price the wounded are paying in this war. in the last several weeks, trauma director lieutenant colonel raymond fang has seen first hand what's happening to troops carrying out the strategy of protecting afghan civilians. >> we see a lot more injured or dismounted ie dechlt injuries, people on foot patrol when they're injured. and we see ...

Overnight flight from afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at landstuhl regional medical center. some of them are suffering massive injuries. they have been in roadside bomb blasts, mortar attacks. it is here that you can begin to see the price the wounded are paying in this war. in the last several weeks, trauma director lieutenant colonel raymond fang has seen firsthand what is happening to troops carrying out the strategy of protecting afghan civilians. >> we see a lot more injured, what we call dismounted ied injuries where they're on foot pa...

>> welcome. you're safe now. >> reporter: for some, the rush to intensive care, even as stretchers keep coming off the overnight flight from afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at landstuhl regional medical center some suffering from massive injuries. they have been in roadside bomb blast, mortar attacks. it is here that you can begin to see the price the wounded are paying in this war. in the last several weeks, lieutenant colonel raymond fang has seen firsthand what is happening to troops carrying out the strategy of protecting afghan civilian...