Veterans on the March

Veterans on the March

When veterans came home from The Great War (WWI), the United States government defaulted on a promise made. When Black veterans came home from WWII, they saw the inconsistency in fighting tyranny while being subjected to Jim Crow laws. The Veterans on the March series looks at the brave people who stood up after they put their uniforms aside and worked to right the wrongs they saw at home.

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  • Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

    Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin

    A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier regiments.

  • Fighting Fred Funston

    Directed by Andrés Gallegos

    On April 18th, 1906, San Francisco witnessed its most devastating natural disaster – an earthquake that initiated a city-wide fire. The commanding officer of the U.S. Army base at the Presidio, Fred Funston, gathered citizens to fight the fire, patrol the streets, and...

  • Fighter Pilots of Vietnam

    Directed by Carolina Gratianne

    A group of American and Vietnamese fighter pilots gather almost fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Despite their training, aerial combat encounters, and being shot down, these veteran pilots talk as friends with mutual respect.

  • Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral

    Directed by Eliciana Nascimento

    Following the tradition of military service in her family, Alene Duerk enlisted as a Navy nurse in 1943. During her eventful 32 year career, she served in WWII on a hospital ship in the Sea of Japan, and trained others in the Korean War. She became the Director of...

  • Rory Fanning: From Ranger to Resister

    Directed by Michael A. Behrens

    After ex-NFL star turned soldier Pat Tillman's death is covered up by the U.S. Army, Rory Fanning is discharged from the Army for resisting a second combat tour. Back home, he walks across the country while studying the history of war resistors.

  • Foghorn: Child Actor, Veteran, Friend

    Directed by Diana Sánchez

    Over the serene and verdant landscape of Northern California, a man with an everlasting childlike spirit lived his last years in a cabin. A story of friendship and loneliness, George Carl Wenzlaff was a Navy veteran and postal service worker with unique artistic talents...

  • Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

    Directed by Allyce Ondricka

    African American soldiers throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries faced discrimination and segregation, yet many still chose to fight for their country.

  • Admiral Chester Nimitz

    Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin

    Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz used submarines, a vessel used to great effect by Germany in WWI and WWII to turn the tide of the War in the Pacific.

  • Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

    Directed by Carolina Gratianne

    Samuel Wilder King, a descendant of Scottish sailors and Hawaiian royalty, served as a distinguished Naval officer in both World Wars before becoming Governor of the Hawaii Territory. This short film delves into King’s fearless leadership—from navigating the high s...

  • Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

    Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin

    Leaving internment camps to defend their country in Europe, Japanese-American Nisei soldiers of WWII became the most decorated unit in American history.

  • Ralph Rush: Concentration Camp Liberator

    Directed by Daniel Leonard Bernardi

    Ralph Rush, a Scout in General George S. Patton's World War II Intelligence & Reconnaissance Platoons went from digging up German mines to being the first American to enter the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp; the first concentration camp liberated by the Allies.

  • Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the Alexander Hamilton Post

    Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin

    While Merchant Marine veteran Paul Goercke rests with his family in his plot at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, he is survived and remembered by his pioneering American Legion Post 448, the only predominantly LGBTQ post in the nation.

  • Jack Lyon: Veterans Serving Veterans

    Directed by John Giannini

    Jack Lyon used his experience as a Vietnam Veteran to help found the Veterans Village of San Diego. With a mission of offering peer support and spiritual guidance, Jack immerses himself in a life of helping young U.S. veterans.

  • Zoe Dunning: Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

    Directed by Silvia Turchin

    Maria Zoe Dunning is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and gay rights activist. She is known for being the only openly gay person remaining on active duty following a series of lawsuits against the U.S. Military and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy during the 1990s. This i...

  • Navigator: Lt. Col. Ken Murray

    Directed by Daniel Leonard Bernardi

    A former U.S. Air Force air tanker navigator, Lt. Col. Ken Murray’s career takes us from the horrific accident that killed 70 people at an airshow demonstration to Operation Just Cause in Panama and to the Iraq War. Through it all, we experience air operations...

  • World War I Experience

    1 season

    This series tells the story of World War One, also known as the Great War, from the veteran point of view. Subjects include the Lafayette Escadrille, anti-submarine warfare, trench warfare, gas warfare, the heroics of the Harlem Hell Fighters, the Battle of Belleau Wood, the rule of nurses on th...

  • PTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

    1 season

    We often learn about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) from watching the news and movies, making our experience of these challenges more stereotypical than lived. In this series, Marines and Soldiers tell their story of PTSD and TBI – how they got it, how it h...

  • Women in the Military

    2 seasons

    This series tells the story of the heroic accomplishments of women in the U.S. military. Subjects include a Civil War spy, the first woman to earn the rank of Admiral, life as a Sailor onboard a deployed ship, the effort to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” which discriminated against gays and lesb...

  • Fighter Pilots & Flight Officers

    1 season

    This series tells the story of the heroic accomplishments of U.S. military pilots from World War One, Word War Two, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Topics include dog fights, bombing missions, getting shot down, being a prisoner of war, search and rescue, and what families and friends must end...