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Rough Translation

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Rough Translation

NPR

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, News, News Commentary, Science

4.87.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Alicia's situation raises questions about the VA's caregiver program. And a new diagnosis changes everything for Matt. How will Alicia and Matt start healing their respective wounds, borne out of different battles?

Find part 2, Battle Lines, here. And part 1, Battle Rattle, here.

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0:34.2

I thought it won't be easy physically.

0:38.5

You see Matt and only think I thought it's the physical part, right?

0:43.1

So I thought it's not going to be easy, but I can do it.

0:47.2

I can do it.

0:48.6

Last time on Homefront.

0:50.3

At the very beginning of this episode, he'll tell me I'm not angry of you.

0:54.2

I just see everything red.

0:55.3

I'm just angry.

0:56.6

Then I told him, what would you do if something does that to your girls?

1:02.0

And then his answer was, well, I'll ask him if there's policies of a veteran just to

1:09.5

find, you know, if there's a veteran, then it's okay.

1:14.9

And I said, no, it's not okay.

1:16.6

It said, text mark excuses.

1:26.6

We've been telling the story of Alicia and Matt Lammers.

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