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After Fighting In Iraq, Adjusting To Campus Life Usually Is Smooth, But Not Always

John Osborne, a senior at UW-Madison, doesn’t tell many people that he spent five years of his life with the U.S. Army.

Why? Mostly because it’s just easier. Then he doesn’t have to answer the questions. The inane “So, was it hot over there?,” or the question vets dread, but always, always know is coming – whether they’d ever killed someone.