Sebastian junger born january 17, 1962 is an american journalist, author and filmmaker. Its been his war documentaries, however, such as restrepo and korengal, that have pulled me in and had an impact on me and the. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Over the course of five trips, junger was in more firefights than he could count, as men he knew were killed or wounded and he himself was.
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