317: What if you found peace in the fog of war?

This Is Actually Happening

Wondery

True Crime, Tiah, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

A Thai-Filipino-American man fulfills his life-long dream of escaping his chaotic past and joining the Army, but after lingering scars from multiple deployments to Iraq threaten to destroy him, he finds an unexpected awakening.

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: war, graphic violence, murder, graphic bodily injury, suicidal ideation, domestic violence, explicit language

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0:00.0	This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events.
0:04.1	Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. You have to go far deep into hell to find heaven.
0:17.0	Had to have the trauma, had to have the hurt, you have to have the pain, you have to have the pain.
0:24.7	It's painful to grow, and for something to grow, something else must die, over and over and over.
0:30.7	The seed, the sprout, the bud, the flower, back the fucking dirt. I'm sure it all hurts every step of the process.
0:38.7	So everything that's happened before now was a necessary evil to achieve this state.
0:47.0	From Wunderery, I'm Witt Misdine. You are listening to this is actually happening. Episode 317.
1:07.0	What if you found peace in the fog of war?
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