building, he survived but only just here. after 17 days as a wounded prisoner in russia. very often when i close my eyes i see that moment when the tank was firing at me, and my side getting injured. on the day of my injury, one of my boys, a machine gunner was killed. every time it s personal. every time i heard it over the walkie-talkie, it would conjure memories of him. his mind also in pieces, left grappling with the fragments of the worst fighting in europe in decades. translator: you know there s a point when the brain accepts it, seeing the phosphor rous missiles, seeing aviation flying in. when this became normal, that was scary. we learned how to fall asleep with this accompaniment, instead it became scary to fall asleep in the silence. reporter: two moments though,