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On this episode of Our American Stories, Karl Marlantes, the award-winning author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like To Go To War, tells the story of how he received his medals in Vietnam—and how he grappled with them when so many had done more and gotten less than him.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Karl Marlantes, the award-winning author of&nbsp;Matterhorn&nbsp;and&nbsp;What It Is Like To Go To War, tells the story of how he received his medals in Vietnam&mdash;and how he grappled with them when so many had done more and gotten less than him.
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Karl Marlantes: How I Came to Terms with my Navy Cross

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