In 'Thank You For Your Service,' The Fight Begins After Iraq
Based on a book by journalist David Finkel, the new film examines the challenges of three young men who return from military combat to their families and a crumbling VA.
by Elizabeth Blair
Oct 28, 2017
3 minutes
The new movie Thank Your For Your Service is about coming home. Specifically, it's about American soldiers who come home after serving during the "surge" in Iraq in 2007.
One scene takes place in a therapist's office. Sgt. Adam Schumann and his wife Saskia need help, and the therapist starts listing Schumann's military honors. "You never told me about those," Saskia says.
Saskia is the one who insists Schumann get help. The real-life Adam Schumann says, yes she did.
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