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From a snowy town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, follow the four-year journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard.
The story of two men who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal.
A platoon of Danish soldiers fight the Taliban at Armadillo, a combat operations base in southern Afghanistan.
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Forty years ago, a whistleblower's daring act of conscience led directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation and the end of the Vietnam War.
Filmed in Yemen and Guantánamo, The Oath interweaves the stories of Abu Jandal, Bin Laden's former bodyguard and Salim Hamdan, a man facing war crimes charges. Watch now »
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From a snowy town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, follow the four-year journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard.
A platoon of Danish soldiers fight the Taliban at Armadillo, a combat operations base in southern Afghanistan.
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Forty years ago, a whistleblower's daring act of conscience led directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation and the end of the Vietnam War.
Filmed in Yemen and Guantánamo, The Oath interweaves the stories of Abu Jandal, Bin Laden's former bodyguard and Salim Hamdan, a man facing war crimes charges. Watch now »
Joseph Robertson was an infantryman in the U.S. Army during World War II, and he fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
Following the success of its first season on television, StoryCorps will bring its Peabody Award-winning storytelling back to POV for a second season in 2011.
Over the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting over 900,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine.
When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers, some whom have killed and some who have said no, reveal their inner moral dilemmas.
Lumo Sinai was raped by marauding soldiers in the Congo, which resulted in a fistula, a medical condition that renders her incontinent and threatens her ability to bear children.
During the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, a newly built secondary school on a hill named Murambi was the site of one of the world’s most horrifying mass murders.
A Song for Daniel compares a routine day of two nine-year-old boys — one living in Baghdad and the other, born and raised in New York City — and offers a profound examination of culture and place through the eyes of two Iraqi youth living on opposite sides of the world.
A Vietnam veteran who has suffered a stroke tries to recapture his war experience for his children through photography and moving images.
Half comedy, half horror story, this disturbing film focuses on several spokesmen for America's survivalist movement as they reveal the way they think, the way they play, and the way they prepare for the next world war.
Five years before the United States entered World War II, 3,200 Americans went off to Europe to fight the spread of fascism. At 18, 19 and 20 years old, they volunteered to risk their lives defending a democratically elected government in the Spanish Civil War. Fifty years later, in their own words, the survivors recount a vivid story of those years — and what's happened to them since.
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Timeline: Controversies in the War in Afghanistan
Learn more about the controversies relating to the war in Afghanistan, including the incident documented in Armadillo, the release of classified war reports by WikiLeaks and fraud surrounding President Hamid Karzai's re-election.
Viewers' Revelatory Reactions to 'Where Soldiers Come From'
A selection of comments about our most recent broadcast.
Video: 'Where Soldiers Come From' Screens on Capitol Hill
U.S. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, General Craig R. McKinley and the National Guard Bureau, Military to Medicine and POV recently screened the documentary in Washington, D.C.
Where Soldiers Come From Full Length
Follow the four-year journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard after graduating from high school.
Heather Courtney Filmmaker Interviews
Filmmaker Heather Courtney discusses Hancock, Michigan, and the logistics of filming in Afghanistan.
Bodi at the VA Additional Video
Bodi sees a psychiatrist as part of his traumatic brain injury (TBI) therapy.
