Navy

 

Many Coloradans have served on an aircraft carrier. Rocky Mountain PBS interviewed Navy veterans and servicemen and women in and around Denver, the Western Slope and in the Pueblo-Colorado Springs area.
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He was slumped in the front row of the Greyhound, looking out the window as I settled beside him in the only empty seat. The wind was cutting, yet he wore only a hoodie and jeans. He barely answered my hello. But eventually, the sun drained from the sky, the groan of the engine drowned out the chatter, and he decided to talk.

He was Blake, home from Iraq, riding from San Diego to his mom's in Wyoming.
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"Carrier" is a character-driven, edge-of-your-seat, nonfiction drama and a once-in-a-lifetime total immersion in the high-stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier.
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Colorado veterans and family members discuss service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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This Rocky Mountain PBS production focuses on the lives of Latinos, African Americans and women who served during World War II on the battlefield and the homefront.
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Larry tells his story about growing up and joining the Navy in 1940. (audio)
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A native Coloradan, Marvin Lederman entered naval service at the age of eighteen. Stationed in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Wilson, his destroyer fought off kamikaze attacks while also protecting American convoys. When his division captured a Japanese pilot, he was assigned to be the guard and, in the process, found himself making an unlikely friend.
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Gimeno shares stories about joining the Navy, serving aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown, meeting journalist Ernie Pyle, shooting down kamikazes and more.
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