Veteran families help cope with their own battle scars

November 12, 2012 4:11 PM

When Brannan Vines' husband returned from two deployments in Iraq, he brought back with him a different personality. Michelle Miller reports on the family members of veterans, who after caring for their loved ones, have developed their own scars of war.

Caregivers of U.S. veterans bear scars of war

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