The Story

Writer Alexandra Fuller told her husband she wanted to leave. Minutes later, he had a terrible accident and the end of her relationship became entwined with the accident.

As the U.S. military finished the pull out of troops from Iraq, The Story listens back to those who served in the war. We hear stories of combat over the past nine and half years and how soldiers have made sense of their service.

Ahmed was a sculptor. Then the war came, and he now makes his living as a photographer and reporter. He is keeping an audio diary for The Story.

Tyler Hicks has probably seen more of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq than most of the soldiers who’ve been sent to serve there. As a staff photographer with The New York Times, he was embedded for seven weeks with the Marines. Much of his time was spent on the offensive into the Taliban stronghold of Marja. Tyler’s unit landed under cover of darkness, and the intense fighting began almost immediately. Also in this show: Jabari: Upgraded