Veterans Connections

In the uplifting special, Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday for Heroes, Lidia meets with veterans who reflect on their service.

A film that explores the life of chaplains and their changing role in today’s world.

WXXI remembers Pittsford native Richard Brookins, who played the lead role in this documentary that tells the amazing true story of war, honor, luck and love. 

Join Ann Curry as two Vietnam veterans search for the heroes who saved them five decades ago in a whole new season of We'll Meet Again.

Join WXXI at The Hochstein School for an afternoon with renowned, Emmy-winning TV Host, restaurateur, chef, and author Lidia Bastianich. 

Polytrauma: Rehab in the VA: Compassionate Care is an hour-long documentary that gives unprecedented access to the medical staff and their patients — veteran and active service members with both combat and civilian-related traumatic brain injury and polytrauma — at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia.

Buffalo Soldiers Presentation Team from local VFW Post 9251 will give an overview of the history of African-American soldiers after the Civil War at Central Library.

Served Like a Girl is a powerful and poignant look at a group of diverse female veterans as they transition from active duty to civilian life after serving tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Join a Twitter chat with film's cast and director during the broadcast. 

What is it really like to go to war? Filled with terror, pain and grief, it also brings exhilaration, and a profound sense of purpose.