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Marine veteran John Waters reveals one of his toughest battles came when an opera singer asked him: ‘Do you think a soldier ever comes home from war?’

John Waters served in Afghanistan and Iraq after attending the Naval Academy

The Marine veteran is an attorney, but he's still trying to adapt to civilian life

He wrote his novel River City One after an encounter with an opera singer
By WILLS ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 10:45 EST, 3 December 2023 | UPDATED: 07:05 EST, 5 December 2023
 
Marine veteran John Waters was at a fundraiser for a local opera singer when he heard a song that reduced him to instinct.

The 37-year-old had been out of the military for four years, plying his trade as an attorney in his native Nebraska and trying to adapt even though he felt ‘off.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12816009/Marine-veteran-John-Waters-reveals-one-toughest-battles-came-opera-singer-asked-think-soldier-comes-home-war.html
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If being a staff officer traumatized this delicate little flower,just imagine how traumatized he would have been as an infantry officer.
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