Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007) on Netflix
NR200757mDocumentary
More than 25,000 American troops were wounded in Iraq. Ten Soldiers and Marines describe their alive day, the day they nearly died there, and what they came home to.
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Plot summary
The Iraq War left more than 25,000 American service members wounded. Ten veterans who served there talk on camera about the wounds that nearly killed them, the severe disabilities they live with now, and what they expect of the years ahead. They describe the feelings the war left them with and their loyalty to the country they served. An alive day is the anniversary of the moment a service member survived a near-fatal wound, illness or other close call. Jim Mayer, a Vietnam veteran who lost both legs to a landmine, coined the phrase and has marked the anniversary of his survival every year.
