In It Together: The Series
Times reporter David Zucchino and photographer Rick Loomis follow three young men who enlist in the Marines during the U.S. war in Iraq. |
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Three best friends enlisted and went through boot camp together, then were scattered. One saw buddies die in Afghanistan. One never got to deploy at all.
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Thirteen weeks of boot camp put Daryl, Daniel and Steven through grueling challenges. They learn how to focus, how to kill a man, how to ignore pain.
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Three best friends headed off as Daniel, Daryl and Steven. Now they'll all answer to 'Recruit!'
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Three good friends prepare for the same boot camp platoon as part of the buddy program. They are eager, but their parents are torn.
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