Iraq War Challenges Students in Military

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U.S. National - AP

BISMARCK, N.D. - Brandon Erickson returned to the University of North Dakota this summer a changed man. The 22-year-old National Guardsman is back in school after losing his right arm in an attack that killed a fellow soldier in Iraq, and is struggling through rehabilitation.

The changes aren't merely physical. He's frustrated by some students' comments about the war, less stressed by tests and deadlines. Most of all, he's driven to finish school and make up the year he missed. ..