World Peace And Other 4th Grade Achievements

This film interweaves the story of a remarkable educator and the extraordinary game he developed to demonstrate the complexities of peace and global conflict. Teacher John Hunter's World Peace Game is a hands-on political simulation exercise in which students tackle real-world military, economic and environmental issues.

National Memorial Day Concert 2012

Join co-hosts Gary Sinise ("CSI: New York") and Joe Mantegna (“Criminal Minds”) in a night of remembrance featuring an all-star line-up of dignitaries, actors and musical artists in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra. The 23rd annual broadcast of the NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT airs live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, and to our troops around the world on the American Forces Network.

My Vietnam Your Iraq

This program tells stories from Vietnam War veterans who have children that served in Iraq. This story will look at the pride, challenges, fears and possible bitterness that parents and children are faced with when one is serving in a war. Though the stories are unique to the individual families, these intimate profiles resonate with all of us: the stories of the men and women who fought and fight for themselves, their families, and their country.

Independent Lens: Hell And Back Again

What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home — injured physically and psychologically — and build a life anew? In this film, two overlapping narratives are intercut — the life of a Marine at war on the front and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home — creating both a dreamlike quality and a strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war.

Frontline: Al Qaeda In Yemen

Since the death of Osama bin Laden, Yemen has become the hottest front in the war against Al Qaeda. Award-winning reporter and FRONTLINE correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad travels into the hub of Yemen's radical heartland. His first-hand report shows how members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have taken advantage of turmoil in the country to impose their rule on areas of south Yemen. Also in this hour, the story of Al Qaeda operative Fahd al Quso — killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen early this month.