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Afghanistan. another soldier, wounded in the fighting down south, nurses doing everything they can. "the journey home" starts here. in vietnam it could take weeks. now, wounded can be home in days. cnn was granted exclusive access to see the medical care that makes it possible and to injured troops, some hours off the frontline. in the hospital hallway, army specialist, james dennis, is being shipped home after being in three attacks in three weeks. he had already been here before. he survived two roadside bomb attacks in the same day and then, a couple of days ago -- >> indirect fire. i was h...

Hour. many of our wounded warriors are now surviving battlefield injuries that just years ago would have killed them. a cnn exclusive now, pentagon correspondent barbara starr with "the journey home". >> reporter: it's before dawn in the trauma bay at bagram airbase in afghanistan. another soldier wounded in the fighting down south, surgeons, nurses, doing everything they can. the journey home starts here. in vietnam, it could take weeks, but now wounded can be home in days. cnn was granted exclusive access to see the medical care that makes it possible, and to injured troops, some hours off t...

Wounded right off the battlefield. but i want to introduce you to some young troops and the medical teams that are bringing them home. it's before dawn in the trauma bay of a base in afghanistan. another soldier wounded in the fighting down south, surgeons, nurse, doing everything they can. the journey home starts here. in vietnam, it could take weeks. but now wounded can be home in days. cnn was granted exclusive access to see the medical care that makes it possible to treat injured troops. this army specialist is being shipped home after being in three attacks in three weeks. he had already ...

He had already been here before. he survived two roadside bomb attacks in the same day, and then a couple of days ago -- >> it is indirect fire. i was hit by a mortar. >> but still smiling. >> i'm doing good right now, they gave me medicine. >> in the latest attack, dennis ordered junior troops to run for safety. he couldn't get away in time. >> i didn't even get to start running. and i guess it knocked me out, because i remember pushing myself up off the ground, and had all this blood all over me. and then they med i vacced me. >> dennis praises the doctors and nurses. >> these people here ar...

Makes it possible and to injured troops, some hours off the front line. in the hospital hallway, army speshtist james dennis is being shipped home after being in three attacks in three weeks. he had already been here before. he survived two roadside bomb attacks in the same day and then a couple of days ago -- >> it was indirect fire. hit by a mortar. >> reporter: still smiling. in the latest attack, dennis orred junior troops under fire to run for safety. he couldn't get away in time. >> i didn't get to start running. i guess it knocked me out because i remember pushing myself up off the grou...