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"Shoot Like a Girl": Air Force vet on fighting for gender equality

Helicopter pilot Maj. Mary Jennings Hegar and her crew were shot down by the Taliban in 2009 during a rescue mission outside Kandahar, Afghanistan. Despite her wounds, she fought back and saved the lives of her crew and patients, earning a Purple Heart. Hegar joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss her new book, "Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front," where she chronicles her battles in and out of the military.
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