Trailer | Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen
Preview: Season 26 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A veteran uses hand-carved battlefield crosses to reconnect with families of fallen, fellow Marines.
Riddled with survivor's guilt after his unit lost 17 men during "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan, Marine veteran Anthony Marquez makes it his mission to reconnect with the Gold Star families of the fallen. By carving and hand-delivering a battlefield cross for each of the families affected by loss, Anthony finds the path to heal himself.
Trailer | Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen
Preview: Season 26 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Riddled with survivor's guilt after his unit lost 17 men during "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan, Marine veteran Anthony Marquez makes it his mission to reconnect with the Gold Star families of the fallen. By carving and hand-delivering a battlefield cross for each of the families affected by loss, Anthony finds the path to heal himself.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[♪♪♪] - Our unit, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, in a five month period, we had 17 Marines that were killed.
I was trying to figure out, well, what could I do?
I should do a carving of a Battlefield Cross.
I need to do them for the rest of the families now.
- Being a Gold Star father, It's a club that no one wants to belong to.
It means I got a big hole in my chest.
- This will keep people remembering these guys long after we're all gone.
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