Surviving an IED Blast, then Returning to War, Part 2

August 29, 2018 00:49:14
Surviving an IED Blast, then Returning to War, Part 2
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Surviving an IED Blast, then Returning to War, Part 2

Aug 29 2018 | 00:49:14

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Show Notes

In the second of a two-part conversation with Ryan Hendrickson, our guest shares a story from 2016. Six years and a couple deployments after nearly losing his leg in an IED blast, Ryan was once again in Afghanistan and found himself in an intense fight, part of a grueling 18-hour mission that he recounts in this episode.

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