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Carmen Gentile is a multimedia journalist who has covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as other conflicts, for numerous outlets including USA Today.

He is also the author of the book "Blindsided by the Taliban," a recounting of his injury in Afghanistan while embedded with US forces. ≤https://www.amazon.com/Blindsided-Taliban-Journalists-Story-Trauma/dp/1510729682≥

Mr. Gentile was shot in the side of the head at close range with a rocket-propelled grenade that didn't explode, blinding him in his right eye and shattering several bones in his face. ≤https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/05/28/136721413/video-reporter-was-filming-as-rpg-hit-his-head-hes-ok≥

After numerous surgeries and months of recovery, he returned to Afghanistan to resume reporting on the war in Afghanistan and other frontline work. ≤https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfDHZMU-_G8&t=72s≥





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