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Who Will Stand - Documentary

Published July 23, 2009 at 5:00 AM PDT

The alcoholism rate among recent war veterans is four times the national average. The divorce rate for soldiers in Iraq has tripled since the beginning of the war. These statistics lie at the heart of a new documentary by a group of Las Vegas filmmakers. "Who Will Stand" examines what happens to soldiers after they return from Iraq and Afghanistan. Ian Mylchreest talks with the filmmakers behind the documentary, Phil Valentine and Gerald Gillock.

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