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Disfigured Solidiers Returning Home

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By Nathan Bernier, KUT News

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Dallas, TX – U.S. soldiers coming home from war often struggle with the return to civilian life. But when a veteran's face is disfigured by severe burns, the challenge to get back to normal becomes an agonizing and prolonged test of will. KUT's Nathan Bernier spent time with two such veterans at rehabilitation facility in San Antonio.