The Greatest Generation โ Season 1, Episode 2: The Greatest Generation Speaks
Documentary โข 30 min โข 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
In this documentary, a woman whose father died piloting a bomber over Europe is visited by Brokaw and shares family snapshots and a home movie of the father she never knew. Research into her father's fatal mission led her to survivors from his crew, and the camera follows as she meets elderly veterans who tell her firsthand of her father's heroism.
About The Greatest Generation
They came of age during the Great Depression, fought to preserve freedom in World War II, and went on to build modern America. Ordinary men and women whose everyday lives of duty, achievement, and courage gave us the world we have today.