360 http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/tag/Marines en-us © 2009 Rocky Mountain PBS http://www.rmpbs.org/rss/RMPBS.jpg http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/tag/Marines 100 100 Carrier," a 10-part series filmed aboard the USS Nimitz, is now available for online viewing. The series is a character-driven immersion in the high-stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. Watch now. Last year, in conjunction with the broadcast, Rocky Mountain PBS interviewed Colorado Navy personnel about what it was like to serve on an aircraft carrier. Here are their stories. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/472/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/472/rss Wed, 20 May 09 15:09:00 -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 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 Enlisting in the Marine Corps when he was only seventeen, native Coloradan Warren Jack O'Brien saw much action in the Second Marine Division. He took part in several dangerous frontal assaults on Pacific islands, including Betio Island and Saipan. Receiving murderous enemy fire, he was lucky to survive when many of his fellow Marines did not leave the beach. A Purple Heart recipient, Warren landed at Nagasaki after the Japanese surrender and witnessed first-hand the destruction caused by the atomic bomb. http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/40/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/panorama/index.cfm/entry/40/rss Mon, 13 Aug 07 15:43:00 -0700