Three women – Natasha Young, Amanda Tejada and Lyndsey Lyons – confront the challenges of readjusting to civilian life after their post-9/11 military service. Once back in the United States, the women cope with the disintegration of their relationships, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, health problems, military sexual trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and employment difficulties.
Airs on WXXI-TV April 16, 2018 at 2:00 am (1/2 hour long)
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Twenty-two World War II veterans are invited on a trip to attend the 70th anniversary celebration of the invasion of D-Day in Normandy, France. Many of the veterans have reservations about attending and some are excited to set foot on the sands they fought on decades ago. No veteran was expecting the hero’s welcome that they would receive during their ten-day visit that, in the end, would change their lives.
Airs on WXXI-TV April 16, 2018 at 1:30 am (1/2 hour long)
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Every generation produces young men and women of character, and the national youth organization ‘The Young Marines’ boasts over 15,000 such individuals formed in units across the country. Ranging in age from 8 to 18, the Young Marines pledge to live a drug-free, healthy lifestyle and to adopt the US Marine Corps core values of honor, courage and commitment, while fulfilling their groups’ primary mission of honoring America’s military veterans and their service to our country.
The documentary film Generations of Honor: A Year with the Young Marines follows the 2014 Young Marine of the year; a young woman from Northern Kentucky named Dakota Richter, along with the program’s key national staff, adult volunteers and other division Young Marines as they travel from Washington DC and Pearl Harbor… to Window Rock, Arizona to meet with the last of the WWII Navajo Code talkers… and finally to the hallowed ground and beaches of Iwo Jima, escorting remaining veterans of that iconic 1945 battle.
Airs on WXXI-TV April 16, 2018 at 1:00 am (1/2 hour long)
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4 Wheel Bob tells the story of Bob Coomber, an intrepid adventurer who sets out to becone the first wheelchair hiker to cross the 11,845 foot Kearsarge Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California. The one-hour documentary follows the inspirational journey of Bob while encouraging us to look at our own self-imposed limitations and perhaps reach beyond what we think is possible.
Airs on WXXI-TV April 16, 2018 at 9:00 pm
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