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Join host Rich LaMonica on this powerful episode of The MisFitNation as he welcomes U.S. Army Veteran and author Andrew Bragg, who shares the raw and unfiltered story behind his gripping memoir, The Devil’s Playground. Bragg recounts his deployments to Afghanistan with the 173rd and 82nd Airborne Divisions—facing brutal combat in the Arghandab Valley, where the rules were simple: The valley always wins.
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