anyone in Kentucky state?

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Anyone in Kentucky state?

Please record and burn to DVD.

Bataan: The Harrodsburg Tankers
KETKY: Monday, April 25 at 5:00 am EDT
www.ket.org/tvschedules/episode.php?nola=KBATH+000000

Episode description: The story of 66 men from Harrodsburg who fought in the Philippines during WWII and experienced the Bataan Death March. [cc]

Before World War II, the Harrodsburg Tankers were the 38th Tank Company of the Kentucky Army National Guard. They were among the first Kentuckians called to active duty in preparation for World War II. When they went on federal active duty they became Company D, 192nd Light Tank Battalion. On Thanksgiving Day, 1941, The Harrodsburg Tankers landed in the Philippines. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and only hours later they began an attack on the Philippines. The Harrodsburg Tankers, along with the allied forces, fought the Japanese valiantly without reinforcements or resupply until ordered by their superiors to surrender in April 1942. Those who could not escape to Corregidor were in the infamous "Bataan Death March." They were all eventually taken prisoner of war. Only 37 of the original 66 Kentucky Guard Members from Harrodsburg survived Japanese captivity.

kynghistory.ky.gov/KYNG+in+Videos/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZbcFksddfU

www.beaumontinn.com/tanker.htm

www.dma.ky.gov/publicaffairs/pressreleases/pr031908.htm

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Former Danville Guardsman produces documentary on Harrodsburg soldiers in World War II Bataan Death March
April 09, 2008|By MEGHAN CAIN

As a fifth-grader, Dewey Pope read a book about the Bataan Death March of World War II. He learned about the torture exacted upon the soldiers and the courage those men displayed. By the end of the story, he was hooked.

articles.centralkynews.com/2008-04-09/news/24865033_1_bataan-march-stories-survivor
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"At the rate World War II veterans are passing, I knew Dewey (Pope) was trying to beat the Grim Reaper," Harris said. "He tried to get it out as fast as he could."

The National Guard finally gave Pope four days a week to work on the completion of the project, starting in August of 2007. He completed editing the film by the end of the year.

"He is a very driven person," said his wife, Ann Pope. "I knew he would get this done for those guys and their families. He was really hell-bent."

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Harrodsburg Tankers Bataan Remembrance Day

The Kentucky National Guard, the Kentucky Historical Society, the city of
Harrodsburg, Mercer County and the Harrodsburg Historical Society will
join with the community on Saturday, April 26, 2008, to remember and pay
tribute to their own home town heroes - the Harrodsburg Tankers. The day’s
events include the premiere of an award-winning documentary on the
Harrodsburg Tankers that endured the Bataan Death March of World War II.

"BATAAN - The Harrodsburg Tankers: A Time For Courage...A Time For Heroes"
is the award-winning documentary which chronicles the participation of the
Kentucky Army National Guard's 38th Tank Company, later - Company D, 192nd
Light Tank Battalion, in World War II and the experiences of its Soldiers,
many of whom endured the infamous "Bataan Death March." The documentary
premieres at 7 p.m. ET at the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College
in Danville, and the public is invited to attend this free showing. A
video preview is available online.

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Viewers of a World War II documentary written by a local historian say it deserves all the awards it got.

Russell Harris, a senior associate editor at the Kentucky Historical Society, held a private screening Thursday of his documentary “Bataan: The Harrodsburg Tankers - a Time for Courage - a Time for Heroes.”

The film focuses on the experiences of 66 soldiers in the Kentucky National Guard’s 38th Tank Company. They fought in the Philippines but were captured by the Japanese and endured years of hardship, including the infamous Bataan Death March.

Harris showed it at his home on Old U.S. 60 in west Frankfort. It recently received an award of merit from the American Association of State and Local History, on top of seven previous honors.

Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr, R-Lexington, one of about a dozen who attended the screening Thursday, said she hopes it continues to win recognition. She’s been friends with Harris since college and suggested the documentary could be made into a feature-length film.

“It seems like someone in Hollywood ought to grab it up,” she said.

Frank Haynes, a retired Kentucky National Guard colonel, said the film was humbling. He hopes more people, particularly Kentuckians, will see it.

www.state-journal.com/news/article/4671242

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pinoyhistory.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wwii&action=display&thread=926

The Philippine Scouts Documentary is completed.
We need all hands to get it on the web so it will be considered for the different Film Festivals.

Producer Donald Plata is asking for help to get it selected to the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Have a look at the google entries for the Harrodsburg Tankers.
www.google.com/search?q=Harrodsburg+Tankers+Bataan+Documentary&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=Harrodsburg+Tankers+Bataan+Documentary&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&ei=nBalTerGFYu8sQOv2dn5DA&start=0&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=b85525ec5e1425d9

We need to have as much hits to get a Fil-am made documentary noticed.
Get help from back home in the P.I. and overseas to post and blog.
pinoyhistory.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=movies&action=display&thread=389

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_QeCwcudbI

ww2scouts.com/index.html