When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Frank DeVita wanted revenge.  He enlisted in the Coast Guard, his quickest way into service.  His mom figured he’d “patrol a beach on Coney Island.” Instead, on D-Day, he ended up on a landing craft transporting soldiers to the slaughterhouse that was Omaha Beach and ferrying back shocking numbers of dead and wounded. It was a story that he bottled up for seventy years.

For more powerful memories from veterans, visit<a href="http://pbs.org/American" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american-veteran/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american-veteran/</a>, where you can also watch the American Veteran television series and digital short films. Learn more by using #AmericanVeteranPBS.

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Frank DeVita wanted revenge. He enlisted in the Coast Guard, his quickest way into service. His mom figured he’d “patrol a beach on Coney Island.” Instead, on D-Day, he ended up on a landing craft transporting soldiers to the slaughterhouse that was Omaha Beach and ferrying back shocking numbers of dead and wounded. It was a story that he bottled up for seventy years. For more powerful memories from veterans, visit https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american-veteran/, where you can also watch the American Veteran television series and digital short films. Learn more by using #AmericanVeteranPBS.

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Frank DeVita wanted revenge.&nbsp; He enlisted in the Coast Guard, his quickest way into service.&nbsp; His mom figured he’d “patrol a beach on Coney Island.” Instead, on D-Day, he ended up on a landing craft transporting soldiers to the slaughterhouse that was Omaha Beach and ferrying back shocking numbers of dead and wounded. It was a story that he bottled up for seventy years.

For more powerful memories from veterans, visit<a href="http://pbs.org/American" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american-veteran/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american-veteran/</a>, where you can also watch the American Veteran television series and digital short films. Learn more by using #AmericanVeteranPBS.

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In war and in peace, what veterans have done in America’s name is woven into the fabric of the American story. The <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american-veteran/">PBS series, American Veteran</a>, illuminates their experiences with a stunning range of veterans’ voices, presented in a 9-part podcast.Each episode revolves around the direct testimony of a single veteran - from a Coast Guard gunner’s mate who manned a landing craft at Omaha Beach on D-Day, to an Army cook in Iraq who became the first Black American woman held as a POW; from an Army nurse in Vietnam who struggled to do her part to a satellite technician who served as a gay man during the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era. This collection of riveting first-person stories provides a compelling portrait of the veteran experience over multiple generations.The series is hosted by Phil Klay, a Marine Corps veteran featured in the “American Veteran” television series and author of the National Book Award-winning collection of short stories, “Redeployment.”

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In war and in peace, what veterans have done in America’s name is woven into the fabric of the American story. The PBS series, American Veteran, illuminates their experiences with a stunning range of veterans’ voices, presented in a 9-part podcast. Each episode revolves around the direct testimony of a single veteran - from a Coast Guard gunner’s mate who manned a landing craft at Omaha Beach on D-Day, to an Army cook in Iraq who became the first Black American woman held as a POW; from an Army nurse in Vietnam who struggled to do her part to a satellite technician who served as a gay man during the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era. This collection of riveting first-person stories provides a compelling portrait of the veteran experience over multiple generations. The series is hosted by Phil Klay, a Marine Corps veteran featured in the “American Veteran” television series and author of the National Book Award-winning collection of short stories, “Redeployment.”

In war and in peace, what veterans have done in America’s name is woven into the fabric of the American story. The <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/american-veteran/" rel="noopener noreferrer">PBS series, American Veteran</a>, illuminates their experiences with a stunning range of veterans’ voices, presented in a 9-part podcast.Each episode revolves around the direct testimony of a single veteran - from a Coast Guard gunner’s mate who manned a landing craft at Omaha Beach on D-Day, to an Army cook in Iraq who became the first Black American woman held as a POW; from an Army nurse in Vietnam who struggled to do her part to a satellite technician who served as a gay man during the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era. This collection of riveting first-person stories provides a compelling portrait of the veteran experience over multiple generations.The series is hosted by Phil Klay, a Marine Corps veteran featured in the “American Veteran” television series and author of the National Book Award-winning collection of short stories, “Redeployment.”

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