Asian Trips - Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
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Manufacturer: HBO
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883629555225
Format: NTSC
Label: HBO
Manufacturer: HBO
Publisher: HBO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-10-14
Studio: HBO
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Editorial Reviews:
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It has been called "the saddest acre in America." It is also one of the most sacred. Situated in a quiet pocket of Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60 is a final resting place for young men and women who died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. For families and friends, it is a place to grieve, to honor, to remember - and to find comfort and community with others who have shared the same profound loss. Emmy-winning producers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill (Baghdad ER) capture the profound combination of loss, love and pride felt by cemetery visitors through Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery, underscoring the high human toll exacted by recent military conflicts while honoring those who sacrificed their lives for America. This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video "play only" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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Summary: Section 60
Comment: This was a very moving documentary, it highlighted grief. Grief is expressed very differently by people, here we are able to see some of the expressions of this powerful emotion.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Heartbreaking
Comment: Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
Several times while viewing this film, I tried to turn away, but felt an obligation to be a witness to the great sacrifices made so that I am able to live in freedom. This film is about the heartbreaking reality of war.
The profound and genuine expressions of love and loss captured in this film moved me to tears. I continue to be grateful to the men and women of our United States Armed Forces and to the loved ones they leave behind.
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Summary: Great Video, Must See
Comment: I am an Airman. I lost my brother-in-law in Iraq. We miss him dearly. This video gives viewers a glimpse of the pain from those left behind.
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Summary: I am a Soldier
Comment: a Marine, a Sailor, an Airman, a Coast Guardsman.
I am an officer; I am enlisted.
I am a father, a son, a brother, a fiance.
I am a mother, a daughter, a sister, a fiancee.
I am a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim. I am Buddhist and I am Hindu.
I lie here at Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery.
I have never known my daughter or my son. My parents will never see me grow old.
They pray over me with a Bible, the Koran, wear a shawl and say Kaddish for my soul, and they leave rice for me.
They leave pictures of me, of them, of my parents, of my children.
They place a blanket or a coat over my grave so I will be warm.
They place flowers, balloons, stones on my marker, and Christmas decorations.
They rest and sleep by my grave until the sun sets.
They walk up to strangers in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery and embrace in the common, terrible comfort of grief.
Their flowers, their pictures, their flags, their decorations, their markers, bring them closer for one brief moment to the person they can touch no more. They cling to their memories.
This is all they can touch in the cold, winter sky as they prune the grass, and polish the marker in the undying devotion for the love they have lost, but will cherish for a lifetime.
War has exacted its terrible price and its irreplaceable cost.
The true cost of war comes home in this DVD. There is no glory in war.
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