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Jun. 13, 2008: Word for Word: Mary Tillman

APM: Word for Word

English - June 13, 2008 05:00 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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In 2004, NFL football star-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan. While the Pentagon initially said Pat Tillman died heroically in an enemy ambush, the military later disclosed what it knew all along: Pat Tillman was shot and killed by his fellow soldiers. Today, his mother Mary says she still doesn't have the full story of how her son died. She's written a new book about her search for answers, "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman," which she recently discussed at the Commonwealth Club of California.