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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The car door opens, then slams. The ignition rumbles. Music...

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The car door opens, then slams. The ignition rumbles. Music roars. Hands fixed on the wheel. Ten and two. Then we’re off, hurtling down empty Santa Monica side streets before dawn.

When Associated Press journalist and Marine Corps veteran James LaPorta agreed to advise the NBC-TV show “This Is Us” about depicting the military authentically, he found more than he'd bargained for. The process of creating a new character for the show led him to memories about his time in Afghanistan and the things he'd experienced. In the end, it became, for him, a melancholic and ultimately therapeutic reflection of his wartime experiences and the life he began living after they were over. 

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The car door opens, then slams. The ignition rumbles. Music roars. Hands fixed on the wheel. Ten and two. Then we’re off, hurtling down empty Santa Monica side streets before dawn.