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Paul Cook: “As someone who's been in combat, the second hardest duty, I know probably the hardest duty is to actually go up to the…”

On the recordJune 17, 2014
As someone who's been in combat, the second hardest duty, I know probably the hardest duty is to actually go up to the parents or the spouses and then to tell them their son or daughter is no longer with them.
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Paul Cook
California

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Expressing empathy for those delivering news of a soldier's death.

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