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“Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery”

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Friday, October 10, 2008 :The latest official count of U.S. servicemembers who have died in the Iraq war is 4,180. In Afghanistan, 610. At Arlington National Cemetery, the nation's preeminent military cemetery, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are buried in Section 60. A new documentary film follows some of the families that come to visit their graves.
Jon Alpert is the co-director of the film, along with Matthew O”Neill. He is a fifteen-time Emmy winner and the co-founder of Downtown Community Television here in the firehouse. Section Sixty is his third film in a trilogy of Iraq-related HBO documentaries following “Baghdad ER” and “Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq.”

We’re also joined by Paula Zwillinger. She is one of the grieving family members who appears in “Section 60.” Her son, Lance Corporal Robert Mininger, was killed in Fallujah on June 6, 2005.

And we’re joined on the telephone by Patricia Genevie. Her son, Private First Corporal Aaron Genevie, was killed April 16, 2007, in Baghdad.

Jon Alpert, co-director of the film, along with Matthew O”Neill. He is a fifteen-time Emmy winner and the co-founder of Downtown Community Television here in the firehouse. “Section 60” is his third film in a trilogy of Iraq-related HBO documentaries following “Baghdad ER” and “Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq.”

Paula Zwillinger, Her son, Lance Corporal Robert Mininger, was killed in Iraq on June 6, 2005.

Patricia Genevie, Her son, Private First Corporal Aaron Genevie, died April 16, 2007, in Baghdad.

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