Medal of honor
(DVD) 

Special features (1 hr. 48 min).: additional interviews. -- Everyday realities -- Combat and casualties -- Fear -- War follows you -- Receiving the medal -- Rubin refuses release -- Medals since Vietnam -- Mothers of soldiers.

Cinematographer, Roger Sherman ; editor, Julie Weber ; writer, Jerry Adler ; original music, Teese Gohl.

Narrator, Alfre Woodard.

Traces the history of the Medal of Honor from its inception during the Civil War through the Iraq War. Focuses on the stories of a valiant few: Sgt. Paul Smith who died protecting his company at the Baghdad Airport; a Holocaust survivor who single-handedly defends a hill during the Korean War; a Navy SEAL, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who swam for two hours in the ocean, carrying his wounded comrades to safety; a Marine at Iwo Jima who used a flamethrower to silence seven Japanese bunkers. Includes the story of the woman who won the Medal during the Civil War and then lost it.

DVD format, region 1; widescreen (enhanced); Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired; optional video description for the blind.