Norwich "Battling a different kind of war"

[bruno]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ve...5/02/battling_a_different_kind_of_war/?page=1
This story was in the Boston Globe a while ago about a documentary film project that a number of Cadets at Norwich were making. It sounds very interesting- has anyone had the chance to view it yet?

"Military college students document the struggles veterans face when they return home"
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Sitting between a camera and a backlight, Robbins, an Iraq war veteran now training prospective Marine Corps officers at Norwich University, recalled how difficult it was to come home after his deployment, how home seemed like an altogether different place.
"It's like you're building a bridge back again," the 23-year-old said in a deep, gravelly voice. "There were times I felt like an alien."

"For Plachek, a senior at the military college helping film a documentary about veterans' readjustment to civilian life, Robbins's story was a cautionary tale. In a few weeks, she will join the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, and expects to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan.

"They just want their old life back," she said, shaking her head in sympathy. "But I don't know if they even know how to come back."

Plachek is one of 30 Norwich students producing "The War at Home," painstakingly chronicling the struggles veterans face when they return stateside. Over the past six months, they have interviewed 17 veterans in lengthy, emotional sessions that trace their journeys from enlistment to the present."....

 

[Kernal D]

Norwich Documentary

Bruno...

I have seen it...and it is best to have a box of kleenex at the ready while watching.

We are very blessed to have a wonderful Communications Department where our students and Cadets have created some powerful videos. Five or six years ago they won an Emmy for a piece that showed on the History Channel.

Let me find out the dates for when this will air...or see if I can get a copy for you.

 

[futureAFA]

Where can I watch this?