Green T with Leon Cooper

Green T, Tamara Henry, interviews Leon Cooper of "Return to Tarawa". In this film, World War II combat veteran Leon Cooper embarks on what he considers his final mission to preserve the hallowed ground of one of World War IIs deadliest battlefields at Red Beach on Tarawa Island. This battle was the U.S. Navys first major amphibious assault and over 1,600 American servicemen fell at Tarawa, a fortified Japanese stronghold. Tarawa is a series of coral reef atolls in the Gilbert island group, about 2,500 miles southwest of the Hawaii islands and currently within the Republic of Kiribati. Return To Tarawa documents Coopers stirring trip back to confirm first-hand the reports of the desecration of Red Beach, which is littered with piles of garbage, rusting debris and possible lost gravesites of servicemen still listed as missing in action. While an emotionally charged experience for the eighty-nine year old Cooper, this journey further propels his mission to clean-up and restore this sacred battleground by making it a permanent war memorial for all those who fought and died there. Narrated by actor Ed Harris

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It was very interesting how Mr Cooper brought a lot of different social causes together (environmental and veterans causes) in his cause at Tarawa, I thought he was very intelligent in his proposal and I wish him all the luck and will write my Congressman to support his noble efforts. If you have not seen the documentary yet, it is playing on the Military Channel and is very moving. I hope many Americans view it.