Vets reflect on Iraq duty

A Bellevue man, after his fourth tour in Iraq, can't forget the Iraqi girl who stepped on a roadside bomb and almost died before the Americans saved her.

A Lincoln man, just home from his second deployment, finds himself jumpy, tense, unable to quickly adjust to the slower rhythms of life at home.

A 16-year veteran of the Nebraska National Guard remembers squeezing the trigger during his first-ever firefight.

A Columbus, Neb., native just out of college recalls spending six months working counterintelligence in Iraq's most notorious prison.

President Barack Obama has declared the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, which has claimed the lives of 4,400 American personnel and more than 70,000 Iraqis since 2003.

We asked eight veterans to remember that war and to share their rewarding moments and the frustrations they cannot shake.

They served in different places, in different years, with different duties, but they are bound by a single, undeniable truth: Iraq is not a place they will soon forget.

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