An injured marine was saved by an Army trauma nurse. Then they fell in love

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..."H PERRY: You have been through hell and back. If people only knew what going to war does to people.

M PERRY: Am I still the same person?

H PERRY: You're still the same person. You still have this optimism about you and life and still make jokes. You're still just you.

SIMON: That was Captain Helen and Sergeant Matthew Perry in Orlando, Fla., for StoryCorps. Matthew eventually received a Purple Heart. He's now a proud stay-at-home father. Helen works around the world doing humanitarian and relief work in war zones. Their conversation has been archived at the American Folklife Center at the U.S. Library of Congress. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR."