Army veteran went to Iraq hoping to expunge `` Vietnam demons '' Bob Konrardy spent four days on patrol in March 2007 as an embedded journalist . `` I could n't sleep before , but now it 's worse . I hate to see it get dark , '' he says . He only remembers a guy mopping the floor asking if he could be helped . The war has been a long time coming for the U.S. military.
Army veteran went to Iraq hoping to expunge `` Vietnam demons '' Bob Konrardy spent four days on patrol in March 2007 as an embedded journalist . `` I could n't sleep before , but now it 's worse . I hate to see it get dark , '' he says . The war has been a long time coming for the U.S. military.