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07-27-2003, 11:14 PM
talk about mentioning it late... i set this up to record as it might be good... it's on msnbc at 12am midnight EST on monday morning... about an hour from now. here's the description.
Gary Scurka’s ‘Baghdad Bound: Devil Dog Diaries’
Gary Scurka, on assignment for National Geographic EXPLORER in Iraq, followed a company of ground troops in the U.S. Marine Corps. Watch the documentary, “Devil Dog Diaries,” on his life with the troops of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. Part 1 airs Saturday, July 26, 9 p.m. ET. Part 2 airs Sunday, July 27, 9 p.m. ET.
ON ASSIGNMENT for National Geographic EXPLORER, veteran filmmaker Gary Scurka spent nearly a month embedded with a company of ground troops in Iraq. A guest of the distinguished 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines of the 1st Marine Division, part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Scurka was allowed unprecedented access to one of the war’s most active group of soldiers. He lived with the troops, slept as they did, ate the same MRE combat rations, and shared with them a gamut of emotions, from the tedium of waiting to the rush of combat, as they pushed north toward Baghdad.
In “Baghdad Bound: The Devil Dog Diaries,” Scurka provides a rare, inside look at life in wartime from the perspective of the young men and women of the 3rd Battalion. With the journalist in tow, the marines encounter ambushes and firefights, engage in dangerous missions around the southern cities of Basra and Umm Qasr, come under suicide attack, endure sniper fire and sandstorms, and lead the charge into Baghdad. Yet despite their feats, most of these Marines are young “grunts” straight out of high school, shipped to a far off desert to engage in a war for reasons they may not fully understand.
Concentrating on the very personal stories of these young men and women, “Baghdad Bound: The Devil Dog Diaries” reveals a Marine’s-eye view of the war in Iraq, documenting the high points and hardships of a group of 21st century warriors journeying deep into enemy territory.
ABOUT GARY SCURKA
Gary Scurka, 51, is safely back home on Barrett Hill in Mahopac with his wife, Kathy, and his daughter, MacKensie.
But before their reunion, Gary spent a month in Iraq, where he was embedded with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines of the 1st Marine Division — part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, which saw frontline action around the southern Iraqi cities of Basra, and Umm Qasr.
This is not the first time Scurka has faced the front. For National Geographic Explorer, he has worked on such harrowing stories as relief organizations’ difficulties in northern Afghanistan after September 11th, and the obstacles they faced in distributing and protecting food dropped in a war zone. Scurka was the first journalist wounded in Afghanistan after September 11th, suffering shrapnel wounds to his leg while covering that story in a region of conflict.
Gary Scurka’s ‘Baghdad Bound: Devil Dog Diaries’
Gary Scurka, on assignment for National Geographic EXPLORER in Iraq, followed a company of ground troops in the U.S. Marine Corps. Watch the documentary, “Devil Dog Diaries,” on his life with the troops of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. Part 1 airs Saturday, July 26, 9 p.m. ET. Part 2 airs Sunday, July 27, 9 p.m. ET.
ON ASSIGNMENT for National Geographic EXPLORER, veteran filmmaker Gary Scurka spent nearly a month embedded with a company of ground troops in Iraq. A guest of the distinguished 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines of the 1st Marine Division, part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Scurka was allowed unprecedented access to one of the war’s most active group of soldiers. He lived with the troops, slept as they did, ate the same MRE combat rations, and shared with them a gamut of emotions, from the tedium of waiting to the rush of combat, as they pushed north toward Baghdad.
In “Baghdad Bound: The Devil Dog Diaries,” Scurka provides a rare, inside look at life in wartime from the perspective of the young men and women of the 3rd Battalion. With the journalist in tow, the marines encounter ambushes and firefights, engage in dangerous missions around the southern cities of Basra and Umm Qasr, come under suicide attack, endure sniper fire and sandstorms, and lead the charge into Baghdad. Yet despite their feats, most of these Marines are young “grunts” straight out of high school, shipped to a far off desert to engage in a war for reasons they may not fully understand.
Concentrating on the very personal stories of these young men and women, “Baghdad Bound: The Devil Dog Diaries” reveals a Marine’s-eye view of the war in Iraq, documenting the high points and hardships of a group of 21st century warriors journeying deep into enemy territory.
ABOUT GARY SCURKA
Gary Scurka, 51, is safely back home on Barrett Hill in Mahopac with his wife, Kathy, and his daughter, MacKensie.
But before their reunion, Gary spent a month in Iraq, where he was embedded with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines of the 1st Marine Division — part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, which saw frontline action around the southern Iraqi cities of Basra, and Umm Qasr.
This is not the first time Scurka has faced the front. For National Geographic Explorer, he has worked on such harrowing stories as relief organizations’ difficulties in northern Afghanistan after September 11th, and the obstacles they faced in distributing and protecting food dropped in a war zone. Scurka was the first journalist wounded in Afghanistan after September 11th, suffering shrapnel wounds to his leg while covering that story in a region of conflict.