WGCU Site Search | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida

When A Child Comes Home From War

Since 2001, more than 1.9 million sons and daughters have been deployed to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. For many young veterans, homecoming can be a time of mixed emotions and changing family dynamics after a life-changing experience at war.

Tammy Duckworth, a former Army helicopter pilot who lost both legs in a 2004 rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq, is running for the House seat occupied by retiring GOP Rep. Henry Hyde.

For Tammy Duckworth, War Injury Leads to Politics

Tammy Duckworth, a former Army helicopter pilot who lost both legs in a 2004 attack in Iraq, is running for the Illinois House seat occupied by retiring GOP Rep. Henry Hyde. Duckworth comes from a long line of veterans with serious war injuries who wind up in politics.

6 Decades Of Research Examines Prisoners Of War

The release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl prompted a firestorm of debate. We step away from that debate to look at what's been learned about the psychological effects of being captured in wartime

Veterans of the Soviet army's elite 345th Paratroop Regiment, one of the most decorated to have fought in Afghanistan, meet in front of the Bolshoi Theater for a reunion marking the 20th anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Russians Mark Anniversary Of Afghan War's End

The grueling, decade-long war was a humiliating failure for a crumbling superpower. But 20 years later, Russians say it's a failure that holds grave implications for U.S. and NATO forces now in Afghanistan.

'Wynne's War,' A Modern Take On The Classic 'Mideastern'

Wynne's War is part western, part war novel. NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Aaron Gwyn about the book that follows a U.S. Special Forces unit on horseback through Afghanistan.