As a civilian, Soledad O’Brien knows she can’t explain what it’s like to suffer from post traumatic stress.
But her new film, “The War Comes Home,” tries to approximate the feeling as much as possible by profiling Delon Beckett and Garrett Combs, two veterans home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Beckett has struggled with alcohol, and Combs (pictured) with the sense that he is still fighting. Both have suffered thoughts of suicide.
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They are among the 2.5 million sent to fight America’s recent wars.