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David Botti
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Oct 16, 2007 09:50 AM
NEWSWEEKS’s recent cover story
on marriages between Iraqis and Americans, prompted me to take another
look at relationships and war. I called upon my good friend Jim, a
fellow Marine Reservist who served with me throughout two mobilizations.
I saw many relationships between Marines and their significant
others fail in dramatic ways. One Marine was told by his fiancée at
our welcome home ceremony from Iraq that she’d been cheating on him
the entire time he was deployed. The wedding was off.
Jim
and his wife, Erica, college sweethearts, were among those couples that
made it. They remained together throughout Jim's two reserve
mobilizations, and were married in 2006.
What follows is an
email interview with Erica about her relationship experiences during
the deployment. In the next few days I’ll be posting my interview with
Jim.
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