Today marks 10 years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. And it's been more than a year since the last company of troops left that country. Approximately 32,000 American servicemen and women suffered injuries in the war.
J.R. Martinez served in the U.S. Army, and while in Iraq he was severely injured in the first weeks of the war when the humvee he was riding in hit a roadside bomb. He has since gone on to become a motivational speaker and an actor and of course a "Dancing with the Stars" champion. He's also an author, out with a new memoir "Full of Heart."
J.R. Martinez talks with Soledad on "Starting Point" this morning to talk about what his time serving in Iraq was like and his reflections on the war.
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