Thursday, September 06, 2007
"Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq" - HBO.com
In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer James Gandolfini interviews ten Soldiers and Marines who reveal their feelings on their future, their severe disabilities and their devotion to America. The documentary surveys the physical and emotional cost of war through memories of their "alive day," the day they narrowly escaped death in Iraq.
[The Web site has photos and stories of each of the soldiers profiled.]
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I'll never forget that conversation when he'd leave early in the morning with these rocks in a backpack, and I said to him, Where are you going with all those rocks? And the irony of it is that he at that time had said, "Mom, you know, we have to be prepared in case we have to carry out one of our boys," and in the end he ended up getting carried out.
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From the Seattle P-I article about the series: "Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Jernigan was blinded during a mission, an injury that cost the 28-year-old his marriage. He wears a constant reminder of both disasters in his single glass eye, in which he has embedded the diamonds from his wedding band set.
Army Spc. Crystal Davis, 23, had her right leg amputated below the knee. Every bone from her knee down in her left leg was shattered. The documentary takes her to what was a major turning point in her life, the first night she was able to dance again. ..."
In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer James Gandolfini interviews ten Soldiers and Marines who reveal their feelings on their future, their severe disabilities and their devotion to America. The documentary surveys the physical and emotional cost of war through memories of their "alive day," the day they narrowly escaped death in Iraq.
[The Web site has photos and stories of each of the soldiers profiled.]
...
I'll never forget that conversation when he'd leave early in the morning with these rocks in a backpack, and I said to him, Where are you going with all those rocks? And the irony of it is that he at that time had said, "Mom, you know, we have to be prepared in case we have to carry out one of our boys," and in the end he ended up getting carried out.
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From the Seattle P-I article about the series: "Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Jernigan was blinded during a mission, an injury that cost the 28-year-old his marriage. He wears a constant reminder of both disasters in his single glass eye, in which he has embedded the diamonds from his wedding band set.
Army Spc. Crystal Davis, 23, had her right leg amputated below the knee. Every bone from her knee down in her left leg was shattered. The documentary takes her to what was a major turning point in her life, the first night she was able to dance again. ..."
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