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Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino, and a risky landing at Anzio fails utterly. At home, as overcrowded "war towns" boom, economic transformation leads to confrontation and ugly racial violence.
Original Release
09/25/2007
US Release
09/25/2007
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Keith David | Self - Narrator |
| Burt Wilson | Self - Resident of Sacramento, California |
| Paul Fussell | Self - Infantry |
| John Hope Franklin | Self - Resident of Oklahoma |
| John Gray | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Clyde Odum | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Katharine Phillips | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Sidney Phillips | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Maurice Bell | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Olga Ciarlo | Self - Sister of Sister of Corado Ciarlo |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Keith David | Self - Narrator |
| Burt Wilson | Self - Resident of Sacramento, California |
| Paul Fussell | Self - Infantry |
| John Hope Franklin | Self - Resident of Oklahoma |
| John Gray | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Clyde Odum | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Katharine Phillips | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Sidney Phillips | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Maurice Bell | Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama |
| Olga Ciarlo | Self - Sister of Sister of Corado Ciarlo |
| Daniel Inouye | Self - Resident of Hawaii |
| Asako Tokuno | Self - Resident of Sacramento, California |
| Robert Kashiwagi | Self - Resdent of Sacramento, California |
| Tim Tokuno | Self - Resident of Sacramento, California |
| Tom Ciarlo | Self - Resident of Waterbuty, Connecticut |
| Leo Goldberg | Self - Resident of Waterbuty, Connecticut |
| Anne DeVico | Self - Resident of Waterbuty, Connecticut |
| Ward Chamberlin | Self - American Field Service |
| Jim Sherman | Self - Resident of Luverne, Minnesota |
| Quentin Aanenson | Self - Resident of Luverne, Minnesota |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ken Burns | Executive Producer |
| Tom Songer | Executive Producer |
| Lynn Novick | Producer |
| Pam Tubridy Baucom | Producer |
| Sarah Botstein | Producer |
| Vivian Connolly | Producer |
| Dayton Duncan | Producer |
| Meghan Horvath | Producer |
| Karen Kenton | Producer |
| Taylor Krauss | Producer |
| Mark R. McCallum | Producer |
| David McMahon | Producer |
| Peter Miller | Producer |
| Ben Spivak | Producer |
