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Had collapsed and run out of water. i met sergeant harris and that's where we first met. >> in that clip, he said he wanted to be back in afghanistan. why is that? because life is boring now, he wants to be back in afghanistan? >> i rejoined mr. harris six months later, and the marines were coming home to these emotional reunions. and i noticed he wasn't getting off. i said, where is sergeant harris? i learned that he had been hit. i called him up. he was just released from a naval hospital, had been shot, was in severe pain. yet he invited me to his home town in north carolina. he introduced ...

And you hept been there very long before you were in a fierce firefight. >> yes. >> how did you get involved? >> i was embedded with echo company 2-8. in july 2009 4,000 marines were dropped behind enemy lines. this was the largest air assault and decisive operation that could swing the war one way or another. shortly after landing we were attacked on all sides. the fight focused on this pile of rubble that became known as machine gun hill. one marine was killed, another collapsed from exhaustion and almost all of us had run out of water. that's where sergeant harris handed me his last bottle ...

Embassy officials say they are still investigating the gunman's motive. the attack in kabul underscores the ongoing danger for u.s. forces in afghanistan as america's longest war nears the ten-year mark. in an effort to keep the military sacrifices from being overlooked, a new film, "hell and back again," follows u.s. marine sergeant thanathan harri into combat and then home again after he is shot and wounded in an attack. the film opens in theaters next week. sergeant harris is here along with the film's director. welcome to you both. first of all, sergeant harris, thank you for your servic...

I met sergeant nathan harris. at the end of the first day, there was one marine dead. he passed me his bottle of water. >> let's just take a look at a clip from the film featuring sergeant harris showing his wife how to use a gun. >> all right. so you drop the mag. put the mag in. grab it. it's ready to fire. >> what if you had to shoot it at somebody. >> i could. >> yeah, you need to know how. >> pull it all the way out? >> no, you can have it a little bent. >> that's a very light heathered scene in some ways. but what did you learn about the truth of their lives together particularly in rela...