PBS Refusal and Eventual Broadcast

Michael Pack, President and CEO of Palladium Pictures LLC and director of The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah, joins the show to discuss his remarkable documentary of the Iraq war and the Marines and battles that it portrays.

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Times

01:59 The Journey of Creating 'The Last 600 Meters'

06:24 Censored

10:55 Combat and Valor 

21:06 Political Decisions and Military Strategy 

26:02 The Human Experience of War 

36:29 The Hell House

40:24 Beyond the Battlefield

45:42 Full Metal Jacket

50:45 The Withdrawal from Afghanistan: A New Perspective

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