Kathleen Faircloth didn’t want her only son, Bradley, to enlist in the Marines.
“He was the reason I lived,” she said.
But off he went to the Battle of Fallujah.
It’s been just over 20 years since that battle: a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. But back then, in the wake of 9/11, the battlefield was filled with troops who believed in serving and defending the country against terrorism.
This week on Reveal, in an episode that first ran in January, we’re partnering with the nonprofit newsroom The War Horse to join Bradley Faircloth's unit as they reunite and try to make sense of what they did and what was done to them. Together, they remember Faircloth and unpack the mental and emotional battles that continue for them today.
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