Disabled American Veterans: When the war followed a Marine home
March 12, 2026
March 12, 2026
ERLANGER, Kentucky, March 12 [Category: National Defense] -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:
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When the war followed a Marine home
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On a four-hour helicopter ride, Lenny Dolshenko left the life he knew and entered a war that was just beginning. The 400-mile inland mission, launched from the USS Peleliu, aimed to seize and secure a desert airstrip in southern Afghanistan.
It was just two months after 9/11 . . .
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When the war followed a Marine home
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On a four-hour helicopter ride, Lenny Dolshenko left the life he knew and entered a war that was just beginning. The 400-mile inland mission, launched from the USS Peleliu, aimed to seize and secure a desert airstrip in southern Afghanistan.
It was just two months after 9/11 . . .