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to pass information back and forth so the northern alliance guys knew what was going on in the south, that kind of thing, but we were not directly dealing with them, or any of the other ethnic groups. vince: please join me in thanking duane evans for taking the time to talk with us today. [applause] vince: his book is foxtrot in kandahar. will you stick around and find some books? sign some books? duane: absolutely. vince: i ask that you will not a cost him right away accost him right away. give him time to sit down and set up. duane: thank you. thank you. [chatter] you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. lectures and history, university of virginia professor gary gallagher teaches a class on civil war memory and how people in the north and south ofe interpreted the legacy the conflict from the postwar era to the present day. his class is about an hour and 15 minute ....
in 2009 with the 82nd airborne. this was not an easy assignment. this was really dangerous work. in fact, 37 of the men that sergeant verardo served with didn t return home. it was in 2010 that he was severely injured in an i.e.d. blast. he lost an arm, a leg and 40% of his body had burns over it. he wasn t expected to survive the medical flight. but he did. fortunately. thanks to really what may be described as a miracle and certainly the support of his amazing wife, sara. 110 surgeries and years of therapy, michael s able to join us here today. and it s veterans like michael that are the reason the v.a. exists. it s why when i had the privilege of sitting in my office not too long ago with michael and sara, talking about their experience, that it was really heartbreaking for me to hear their story. because the v.a. had failed michael. he had to jump through one bureaucratic hoop after another, just to try to get the services that he deserved and he had earned. in one ....