Americans at War is a documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 series created by the U.S. Naval Institute. Each 90-second episode features a U.S. veteran recounting a defining moment from his or her time in the armed services. As of December 2007, the Institute has produced 40 episodes.

The vignettes have aired on PBS as individual segments and, on November 11, 2007, in a half-hour program containing 21 vignettes. In 2008, PBS will air three one-hour specials under the Americans at War banner. These will be Americans at War: Vietnam hosted by Joe Galloway, Americans at War: The Doolittle Raid hosted by David Hartman

David Hartman (TV personality)

David Downs Hartman is an American journalist and media host who began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on cable TV's History and on PBS. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's Good Morning America, from 1975 to 1987. As an actor, he...

, and Americans at War: Pearl Harbor.

Interviewees

• Edwin C. Bearss
• George H. W. Bush
  George H. W. Bush
  George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
  
  
• Dan Buzzo
• Joe Galloway
• Thomas Griffin
• Fred Haynes
• James L. Holloway III
  James L. Holloway III
  James Lemuel Holloway III is a retired United States Navy admiral and naval aviator who was highly decorated for his actions during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. After the Vietnam War, he was posted to The Pentagon, where he established the Navy's Nuclear Powered Carrier...
  
  
• Lew Hopkins
• Leo P. Jarboe
• George Juskalian
• Dusty Kleiss
• James Leavelle
• Charles McGee
• Jerry Miller
• John Ripley (USMC)
  John Ripley (USMC)
  John Walter Ripley was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Navy Cross for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War. On Easter morning 1972, Captain Ripley, repeatedly exposed himself to intense enemy fire over a three hour period as he prepared to blow up an essential...
  
  
• Don Stratton
• Kermit Tyler
• Wilbur Wright
• Paul A. Yost, Jr.
  Paul A. Yost, Jr.
  Paul Alexander Yost, Jr. is a retired United States Coast Guard admiral who served as the 18th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1986 to 1990.-Early life and career:He is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida...
  
  
• Richard Zimmerman