Return From War

By Laura Lee,

Published April 10, 2014 at 12:14 PM EDT

Intrepid Life Coffee and Spirits owner and Marine veteran Matt Victoriano

Military veterans face many challenges in combat zones and on battlefields. But what about the struggles they face when they return to civilian life?

Author and veteran Phil Klay composed a collection of short stories about the challenges of veterans returning from war called Redeployment (Penguin Books/2014). Marine veterans Matt Victoriano and Ryan Wetter found friendship when they returned from war as colleagues at Victoriano’s Intrepid Life Cafe and Spirits in Durham. Host Frank Stasio talks with Klay, Victoriano and Wetter about their experiences.

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Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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