WAR HERO
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When a troubled veteran is confronted on stage he is forced to face his horrific past, as his private hell becomes a public spectacle.
David Forrester has spent the last fifty years haunted by his experiences in the Vietnam war. In an attempt to distance himself from the trauma, he's done everything he possibly can to outrun his past. When he attends a commemoration conference for veterans in which he is the honorary guest, he finds himself confronting the horrors from which he has fled for so long. Despite his best efforts, his past catches up with him and facing his demons will change the direction of his future forever.
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