Book excerpt: Marines look back on Iraq War 20 years later in "Battle Scars"
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Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, former CBS and NBC journalist Chip Reid, who was embedded with U.S. forces when the Iraq War broke out, talks to combat veterans of the 3d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and their families about how the war changed their lives in his new book, "Battle Scars" (Casemate),
Read an excerpt below, and don't miss Chip Reid discuss the post-war experiences of veterans on "CBS Sunday Morning" June 30!

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