(CNN)As a proud Army mother, Kelly Copeland cannot bear to see "American Sniper," even though it now rates as the biggest grossing war movie of all time. Her son, Brandon Smith, told her that his life mirrored the movie. "I can't bring myself to watch it," Copeland said. Smith was only 20 when he was assigned to the sniper section of a mortar platoon at the height of the Iraq war. When I met him there in early 2008, he told me he was well-suited for his mission. He grew up hunting in Georgia and was used to waiting for his prey.
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Brandon Smith believes he is well-suited to be a sniper
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He, like Chris Kyle in the movie "American Sniper," has no regrets about killing the enemy
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He was proud of what he did in Iraq and has struggled with adjusting to a more mundane existence
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