Photo: #Mary Tillman, mother of former football star Pat Tillman, listens to a question as she testifies about Pat Tillman's death in battle at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
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Mary Tillman, mother of former football star Pat Tillman, listens to a question as she testifies about Pat Tillman's death in battle at a hearing on Capitol Hill. (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

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Journey to truth

Broadcast: Midmorning, 05/16/2008, 9:06 a.m.

Pat Tillman joined the military after 9-11 and became a hero after he was killed in Afghanistan. What the family didn't know until several months later is Tillman had been killed by friendly fire. A new book chronicles the family's journey to find the truth.

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  • Mary Tillman: the mother of Pat Tillman and co-author of the new book, "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman."

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