In 2006, Corporal Stuart Pearson lost his left leg when the Parachute Regiment of the 3rd Battalion travelled to break up a Taliban checkpoint in Kajaki, Afghanistan.

His best friend, Corporal Mark Wright was killed, and in 2014 one of the most realistic war films of all time was made... Kajaki.

Listen to him tell Chris Ryan about those experiences, what it's like to be a hero, and the dark humour of the military.

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