Detroit’s Greatest Generation
The week of Memorial Day over 500 WWII veterans gathered at Willow Run Airport to participate in a photo shoot for a new documentary, “Detroit: Our Greatest Generation.”
The Detroit News ran a nice article about it afterwards, with a good summary of the event.
For some terrific photos of the event, check out the special page the documentary’s production company, Visionalist, has put up about it.
For another nice photo album with some shots of the event, check this out, courtesy of the Ann Arbor News.
My SIL took my mother so that Mom could participate (thank you, Mary – all the stuff you do is so appreciated!). Mom, who is 88 and served in the Pacific Theater, says it was a wonderful event. She was one of the few women WWII vets present, not surprising as female commissioned Army officers were as scarce as hen’s teeth even during the War, much less 65 years afterwards.
The organizers asked the vets to bring a photo of themselves in uniform from WWII, if possible; wearing of uniforms and medals was encouraged. Pictures were taken of each group of vets holding up their photos, and in a few weeks each of the vets will get their own group photo from the documentary makers. The vets are also all invited to a special preview of the documentary before it airs on television in December.
There’s more information about the project and documentary at: Detroit: Our Greatest Generation. A Documentary Film About Common Folks with Uncommon Courage.
It’s always great to see our veterans honored and remembered.
Politics and Culture, Village Life | JAS | 
June 13, 2009 10:04 pm
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