Going to War

Marines at Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony, Oceanside, CA.

Courtesy of Laura Snow

War Correspondent and Author Sebastian Junger, Vietnam War Veteran and Author Karl Marlantes, and Other Veterans Share Candid Accounts of Life Before, During and After Combat.Airing on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 7 p.m. on WXXI-World, Going to War is a new 60-minute documentary about what it means to serve in and return from war.

Going to War explores the paradox of war: a painful and horrific experience that also brings exhilaration, purpose, connection — and even love. The film features two acclaimed storytellers of war—journalist and author Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Restrepo; and Vietnam War veteran Karl Marlantes, author of the best-selling Vietnam combat novel Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War. 

The film will air again on Monday, June 4 at 4 p.m.