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"60 Minutes" Profiles Marine Brothers in Afghanistan (Video)

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published January 9, 2012 at 10:52 AM PST

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

There are five sets of brothers in the Marine Corps 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment - also called the Lone Star Battalion. The Houston, Texas based battalion was featured last night on the CBS News program "60 Minutes." Journalist Lara Logan interviewed the brothers of the Lone Star Battalion when they were all still deployed in Afghanistan. Here's the segment:

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Blogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.

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