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video i Season 14

#1402 - Original Airdate: Fri, July 3, 2009 at 11pm

OUR FATHER'S WAR: A VIETNAM JOURNEY (Dir. Randall Wilson)

David Lopez, USMC, was an 18-year-old kid from South Central Los Angeles when he landed in Vietnam in 1967. As a Marine grunt, David was involved in some of the bloodiest and fiercest battles in Vietnam. After the war, David married his childhood sweetheart, had three sons, a successful career in law enforcement and now teaches high school in Anaheim, California.

However, PTSD and the ghosts from Vietnam have haunted the Lopez family for nearly four decades. In the summer of 2006 David Lopez, his wife Adela and son Ruben returned to Vietnam to confront David's demons.

Filmmaker Bio

Randall Wilson's award-winning shorts and documentaries have received numerous honors including Best Film and Best Director awards in Berlin, Telluride, Key West, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He wrote, produced and directed the documentary films Spirit Warriors: A Legacy of the Navajo Veteran, Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton, JPAC: A Hero's Mission, Dixie Rose, Our Father's War, Wheels of Soul, American Biker, Glory Road, The Long Ride Home, MIA: A Soldier's Homecoming, Home From The War: The Voices of Vietnam and Hessians MC. To learn more, visit the filmmaker's website at: www.guerrilladocs.com.