Marine Haunted by the Moment His Teammate Took His Place and Died

His friend took his spot. The convoy was hit. Only one came home. In this Urban Valor episode, Marine Veteran Travis Pinn shares a devastating Iraq War story that changed his life forever. As an 0311 Infantry Rifleman with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Travis endured some of the war’s most brutal moments—multiple IED attacks, deadly ambushes, and the psychological trauma that followed him home. But the moment that haunts him most? The day a fellow Marine took his place in a convoy... and ...