Movies: Trevor Getz

  • 2023
    Triumph Over Prejudice: The Montford Point Marines

    Triumph Over Prejudice: The Montford Point Marines (2023)

    Triumph Over Prejudice: The Montford Point Marines

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    Against the backdrop of a world on the brink, the Montford Point Marines transcended enemy lines and formidable barriers of racial segregation. Beginning in rural Virginia, their journey to the front lines of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vie...

    Triumph Over Prejudice: The Montford Point Marines
  • 2018
    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?

    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam? (2018)

    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?

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    The story of Noble Sissle Jr., a production company owner, community development expert, and veteran of the Vietnam War. Combining archival footage with interviews and family portraits, the film explores Sissle Jr.’s life, and the way he carries on t...

    Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?
  • 2023
    Black Women and World War II: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

    Black Women and World War II: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (2023)

    Black Women and World War II: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

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    In the midst of World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-female African-American unit, undertook the monumental task of sorting and delivering a massive backlog of mail for the U.S. military. Despite facing deplorable worki...

    Black Women and World War II: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
  • 2020
    The Forgotten War

    The Forgotten War (2020)

    The Forgotten War

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    The Korean War saw three years of heavy combat take place on the small Korean peninsula, ending in a stalemate that remains contested to this day. This documentary tells the story of the Forgotten War from the point of view of the veterans that were...

    The Forgotten War
  • 2017
    Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

    Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy (2017)

    Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

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    Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, was almost hanged, was granted the rank of Major by Abraham Lincoln, and died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium....

    Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy
  • 2017
    Cpl. Richard Carlson: A Brother's Loss

    Cpl. Richard Carlson: A Brother's Loss (2017)

    Cpl. Richard Carlson: A Brother's Loss

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    Raymond Carlson remembers his older brother, a medic killed in action in the Vietnam War when Raymond was only seven years old. The impact of that loss lingers today more than fifty years later....

    Cpl. Richard Carlson: A Brother's Loss
  • 2018
    Major Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace

    Major Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace (2018)

    Major Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace

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    The story of WWI Pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery, a triple confirmed WWI ace, mechanic and world traveler. Explores the Lafayette Escadrille squadron, a formation of volunteer pilots serving in France on behalf of the United States whose service marked t...

    Major Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace
  • 2021
    Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March (2021)

    Bataan Death March

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    Within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, bombs rained down on U.S. and Filipino forces in the Philippines. After months of vicious fighting, Allied forces surrendered on the island only to be met with a brutal march to P.O.W. camps dotted...

    Bataan Death March
  • 2018
    Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?

    Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action? (2018)

    Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?

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    Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines....

    Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
  • 2017
    Lt. Cmdr. Che Barns: Fallen Brother

    Lt. Cmdr. Che Barns: Fallen Brother (2017)

    Lt. Cmdr. Che Barns: Fallen Brother

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    Lieutenant Commander Che Barnes, who died in 2009 after the plane he was flying was struck by U.S. Marine Corps helicopters, is remembered by his two brothers for his passion for flying and saving lives. Barnes and his fellow Coasties and U.S. Marine...

    Lt. Cmdr. Che Barns: Fallen Brother
  • 2020
    Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor

    Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor (2020)

    Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor

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    Mexican American Rodolfo P. Hernandez faced death along the 38th parallel, earning a Congressional Medal of Honor for valor during the Korean War. A story of heroism, perseverance and service, Hernandez proved that even in the most dire circumstances...

    Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor
  • 2020
    Frank Maselskis: From WWII POW to Chosin Reservoir Survivor

    Frank Maselskis: From WWII POW to Chosin Reservoir Survivor (2020)

    Frank Maselskis: From WWII POW to Chosin Reservoir Survivor

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    Despite his horrible experience as a prisoner of war during WWII, Frank Maselskis stays in the military and goes on to fight in Korea, where he participates in the brutal battle of the Chosin Reservoir. Upon returning home, Frank struggles to live a ...

    Frank Maselskis: From WWII POW to Chosin Reservoir Survivor
  • 2017
    Admiral Chester Nimitz

    Admiral Chester Nimitz (2017)

    Admiral Chester Nimitz

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    Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz used submarines, a vessel used to great effect by Germany in WWI and WWII to turn the tide of the War in the Pacific....

    Admiral Chester Nimitz
  • 2019
    The War to End all Wars: And its American Veterans

    The War to End all Wars: And its American Veterans (2019)

    The War to End all Wars: And its American Veterans

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    Relying on newly discovered archival footage, memoirs from the fallen, and expert commentary from scholars, this documentary tells the story of World War I from the American perspective: Its ace pilots, mine-laying Sailors, heroic doughboys, Harlem H...

    The War to End all Wars: And its American Veterans
  • 2017
    Fighting Fred Funston

    Fighting Fred Funston (2017)

    Fighting Fred Funston

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    On April 18th, 1906, San Francisco witnessed its most devastating natural disaster – an earthquake that initiated a city-wide fire. The commanding officer of the U.S. Army base at the Presidio, Fred Funston, gathered citizens to fight the fire, patro...

    Fighting Fred Funston
  • 2022
    Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the Alexander Hamilton Post 448

    Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the Alexander Hamilton Post 448 (2022)

    Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the Alexander Hamilton Post 448

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    While Merchant Marine veteran Paul Goercke rests with his family in his plot at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, he is survived and remembered by his pioneering American Legion Post 448, the only predominantly LGBTQ post in the nation....

    Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the Alexander Hamilton Post 448
  • 2017
    PFC Benjamin Tollefson: A Mom's Loss

    PFC Benjamin Tollefson: A Mom's Loss (2017)

    PFC Benjamin Tollefson: A Mom's Loss

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    PFC Benjamin Tollefson was killed in action during Operation: Iraqi Freedom. His mother tells the story he never got a chance to share....

    PFC Benjamin Tollefson: A Mom's Loss
  • 2017
    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier (2017)

    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

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    African American soldiers throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries faced discrimination and segregation, yet many still chose to fight for their country....

    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier
  • 2018
    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood (2018)

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

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    Samuel Wilder King, a descendant of Scottish sailors and Hawaiian royalty, served as a distinguished Naval officer in both World Wars before becoming Governor of the Hawaii Territory. This short film delves into King’s fearless leadership—from naviga...

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood
  • 2023
    The Singer: A Montford Point Marine

    The Singer: A Montford Point Marine (2023)

    The Singer: A Montford Point Marine

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    “The Singer: A Montford Point Marine” tells the story of Henry Charles Johnson, one of the first African Americans in the U.S. Marine Corps and a professional crooner. Lured by the dignified Marine uniform and the allure of the G.I. Bill, he's abrupt...

    The Singer: A Montford Point Marine