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Actor, Author, Photographer, Soldier: Benjamin Busch

Benjamin Busch
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Benjamin Busch

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Benjamin Busch is an actor who has appeared on "The Wire," "Homicide" and "The West Wing." He was a U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Officer who served two tours of combat duty in Iraq, once in 2003 and again in 2005. When serving in Iraq, Benjamin Busch took hundreds of photographs. Many of those images are now part of an exhibit called "The Art in War." It’s on display in Traverse City’s Dennos Museum through mid-June. On this edition of"Points North," we’ll talk with Benjamin Busch about his photographs and his new memoir, "Dust to Dust."