360 http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/tag/Colorado War Stories en-us Colorado's veterans and families share memories, photos and video to tell the story of the war from a local perspective. © 2009 Rocky Mountain PBS http://www.rmpbs.org/rss/RMPBS.jpg http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/tag/Colorado War Stories 100 100 So often what we know about World War II comes from Western documentation and perspective. "WWII: Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West," a three-part series premiering tomorrow night at 8, exposes the lesser-known story, using rare Soviet archives made available since the collapse of Communism in the 1990s. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/462/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/462/rss Tue, 05 May 09 09:07:00 -0700 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. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/241/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/241/rss Wed, 11 Jun 08 14:36:00 -0700 Rocky Mountain PBS welcomed the community for a free screening at The Wings Over the Rockies Museum in Denver. The setting was stunning with an F-14 Tomcat beside the giant screen and stage. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/236/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/236/rss Fri, 06 Jun 08 10:58:00 -0700 Pro-war? Anti-war? Somewhere in between? When it comes to "Carrier," viewers' opinions - just like sailors' - cover the spectrum. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/214/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/214/rss Tue, 29 Apr 08 12:30:00 -0700 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. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/212/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/212/rss Tue, 15 Apr 08 10:11:00 -0700 "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. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/187/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/187/rss Mon, 24 Mar 08 09:06:00 -0700 Colorado veterans and family members discuss service in the U.S. Armed Forces. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/179/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/179/rss Thu, 14 Feb 08 13:40:00 -0700 Samuel C. Cravens joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 and flew dozens of combat missions over the South Pacific during WWII. His wife, Betty P. Cravens, wrote in with his story. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/132/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/132/rss Fri, 09 Nov 07 15:12:00 -0700 Colorado native, Robert M. Hardaway III, a surgeon with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, was responsible for treating some of the first casualties of World War II. He was stationed in Hawaii with his wife, Lee Harkey, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/131/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/131/rss Fri, 09 Nov 07 13:17:00 -0700 Rosemary Casey Winter, an Army nurse in training during World War II, read these entries and wrote in to express her thanks for 'the excellent, truthful, realistic portrayal of WWII.' She recounts her loved ones' experiences during World War II in her letter. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/130/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/130/rss Fri, 09 Nov 07 11:41:00 -0700 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. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/117/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/117/rss Wed, 07 Nov 07 09:52:00 -0700 David C. Wilhelm wrote Fly Boy, an account of his experiences as an Ace fighter pilot during World War II. His service in the Army Air Corps took him from Morocco and Algeria to combat missions over Europe. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/119/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/119/rss Fri, 02 Nov 07 13:38:00 -0700 Flying C-46 transport aircraft over the "Hump" of the Himalayan Mountains, Dean Baird helped supply the war effort in China, Burma, and India. Today, at 87, he's still flying, instructing, and conducting check flights at Fremont County Airport in Canon City, Colorado. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/118/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/118/rss Fri, 02 Nov 07 08:29:00 -0700 Sandra Bonilla Thompson wrote Love, Honor and Cherish, an account of the wartime romance between her parents. It is based on a collection of more than 500 letters written between them from 1942 to 1944. Her father, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division, was killed in action in Holland on September 22, 1944. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/87/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/87/rss Mon, 22 Oct 07 12:27:00 -0700 Native Coloradan John Schneider tells about the events leading up to his brother Lee entering the Army. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/77/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/77/rss Mon, 08 Oct 07 10:17:00 -0700