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Sebastian Junger on Tribe

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The Importance of a Veteran's Shoelace

The society you return to as a, say, an American can be very isolated and lonely. It's the way I would describe it is potentially emotionally thin. A part of what we're talking about is missing that camaraderie with people for a cause. And so they really miss it when they have to give it up. There's a wonderful movie called The Best Years of Our Lives about World War II veterans. Patrick Dempsey: "I love my life"

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