Season 1 · Episode 3
When the Caskets Start Coming Home
Many soldiers never see an actual dead body, but Arti Walker-Peddakotla saw hundreds and hundreds.
November 23, 201728m 27sExplicit
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Show Notes
Arti Walker-Peddakotla escaped her controlling parents by joining the peacetime army. She wanted to continue her medical studies. But as her fellow soldiers began to fall in combat after 9/11, someone had to work in the mortuary and "process" their bodies. So day after day, Arti greeted the dead as they returned from Iraq and Afghanistan in alarming numbers.
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