CBS Evening News | Retired Marine Capt. Elliot Ackerman fought in the second battle for Fallujah in November 2004. He says he does not feel that what is happening there now negates what the Marines did 10 years ago and wishes that Iraq was a better place

U.S. Marine who fought in Fallujah: "I'm almost like an ex-patriot of that city"

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Retired Marine Capt. Elliot Ackerman fought in the second battle for Fallujah in November 2004. He says he does not feel that what is happening there now negates what the Marines did 10 years ago and wishes that Iraq was a better place. Jim Axelrod reports. Air Date: Jan 11, 2014

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