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Thanks to improvements in medical equipment and training, the lives of more and more U.S. troops are being saved on the battlefield. That leaves some military families wondering if our country is prepared to take care of the large number of wounded coming home.
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Every day injured U.S. troops are pulled from the battlefields of Iraq
and Afghanistan. Some of them are missing limbs, others barely cling to
life. 
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From Northern California to Germany to Afghanistan, CBS13 went flew with the Air Force on a mission to bring back injured Americans back from the battle zone.
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On Christmas Day, 2008, CBS13 aired a half-hour special on the mission from Northern California that saves so many lives in overseas war zones.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three
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