Love and War

Summary:

Professional soldiers in Fort Benning, Georgia talk of the challenges facing themselves and their families as they prepare to go to war.

Additional Credits and Funding:

Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Tones:

Intimate, NPR NewsMagazine-y, Provocative

Language:

English

Description:

On the eve of being deployed to Iraq, men and women of the Third Infantry Brigade, the first ground troops to be sent to the Persian Gulf, open their hearts and minds in a way not often heard on the media. Four married couples frankly discuss moral issues, infidelity, and sexual harassment as well as the topics more commonly broached by reporters. Two combat veterans among them tell of their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. The result is a candid and intimate portrait of professional soldiers trying to combine the disparate worlds of love and war.

Distributed nationally in 2004 by PRI.

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