Hisle

KAYE: At this point, Hisle had no idea how much he would lean on his guitar as the violence escalated.

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KAYE (voice over): Hisle lost himself in his music.

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KAYE: Freelance Journalist Mike Saray (ph) was embedded with Fox 25 and interviewed Hisle in Ramadi.

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KAYE: Saray (ph) saw how Hisle and his unit changed from one tour to the next.

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KAYE: A showman, even in a war zone, Hisle entertained his fellow troops just hours before they crossed the border into Iraq.

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KAYE (voice-over): Hisle lost himself in his music.

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But just two weeks after Holland was born, Hisle was called back to Iraq.

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KAYE (voice-over): Hisle returned home from his first tour of duty to marry his high school sweetheart.

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KAYE: Today, Hisle is trying to launch a music career.

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KAYE (voice-over): For Hisle, it's been a musical catharsis of love, of loss, of what he says is regret about what he did in the war.

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