United States Marine Corps

As the nation observes Veterans Day we honor the many men and women who have served in our nation’s military during times of peace and times of war. For platoon leader Billy Mariani, that horror of war came on March 16, 2006, when his unit was attacked by Taliban fighters. They fired a rocket-propelled grenade […]

In 2009, filmmaker Danfung Dennis was embedded with U.S. Marines “Echo Company” as the marines launched a major offensive on the Taliban stronghold of Helmand province in Afghanistan.  Danfung worked closely with Sergeant Nathan Harris, one of the Marines leading the charge.  When Danfung returned to U.S. a few months later, he discovered that Sergeant. Harris had […]