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"He was strung out and paranoid while on watch, and when he was spooked by the soldier who came to replace him, my uncle stabbed him to death. He served a few years in military prison. I'm fairly certain my aunts and uncles (his brothers and sisters) know but none of us kids were ever supposed to find out.

"I love my uncle very much. He's retired now and spends a decent portion of his time volunteering to help other veterans. Finding this out didn't change my opinion of him at all, it just helped me understand the horrors those poor soldiers had to go through in that war that warped their minds forever."

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