Bayview Entertainment Targets Oct. 26 For The DVD Release Of Documentary Filmmaker Jerry Simmons' Operation Carpetbagger

Bayview Entertainment has tabbed Oct. 26 for the DVD debut of documentary filmmaker Jerry Simmons’ Operation Carpetbagger, a look back at one of the most secret missions of World War II.

Before helicopters, the only way to get behind the lines with troops or to supply the forces on the battlefield, was to parachute in.   They came up with a daring plan to use Heavy B-24D Liberators to fly at tree-top level, in enemy territory, and do parachute drops of supplies, and even people.   Zip-in, fly low, find the target and let it go!!

They got so good at it, with flight after flight behind enemy lines, that the crews would actually land their B-24s on remote roads and in country fields, pick-up wounded and fly back out.   Their mission, “Operation Carpetbagger” was considered top-secret … it could not be revealed how they found their targets, even General Patton’s vanguard tank units — who had run short of fuel — was found in the heat of battle and the much-need gasoline was delivered.   Drop the supplies and fly out without the German’s being any the wiser.

Also arriving on DVD on Oct. 26 is documentary filmmaker Tony Villani’s heartfelt presentation of Soldiers, Six Stories, Six Wars.

From World War II, and poignantly to Afghanistan, with stops in Vietnam, Kosovo, Iraq and the Cold War, we have six self-contained stories about combat, fear, loyalty, death … and right and wrong.   Haunting at times, and in a very real sense, where they have gone, we cannot, only imagine.  

Lastly, Bayview Entertainment has also targeted Oct. 26 for the DVD debut of documentary filmmaker Jay Nuzum’s A Soldier Home, a very personal look at a U.S. Marine returning home from Iraq, who is suffering from PTSD.

Nuzum met Zach Fresquez in an acting class.  It was a chance meeting, but as Nuzum got to know Fresquez he realized that there was a story there; a story that needed to be told.

Through interviews and the reenactment of events, U.S. Marine Zach Fresquez’s experiences, his nightmares, the things that haunt him unfold.   From everyday life back in the real world, finding a meaningful job, love … and finally a release from the demons that plague him through poetry and improv performances.

 

 

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