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OSCARS DEATH RACE: HELL AND BACK AGAIN

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Sgt. Nathan Harris took a gunshot in the hip during an ambush in Afghanistan in 2009. "Hell and Back Again" tells you this without delay; Harris, back on U.S. soil and trying to rehab his way back to active duty, takes care of telling everyone else, compulsively -- Wal-Mart greeters, prospective landlords, fellow Marines. He can't help it. His shattered leg has become his world, and his medications send him spinning away from other topics despite himself.
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  • By Sarah D. Bunting
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  • January 30, 2012 2:48 AM
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