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вЂњWe didnвЂ™t bring in wives and husbands and children,вЂќ Vecchione said.

Martinez, an Army veteran and the actor and Native American activist Wes Studi, a National Guard veteran. вЂњThis divide has become more pronounced in the last 50 years, since the end of the draft, and in the last 20 or so years, with the downsizing of the military.вЂќД®veryone featured in вЂњAmerican Veteran,вЂќ a multitiered project that also includes short online films and a podcast, has served, including not only the interview subjects but also the narrators, among them the comedian Drew Carey, a Marine veteran Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Army veteran the actor J.R.

вЂњThey understand things differently,вЂќ Vecchione said. Vecchione and Deane are married to Vietnam War veterans, which is one reason they were drawn to the project.

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вЂњVeterans and civilians live in two different worlds,вЂќ said Judith Vecchione, who executive produced the series with Elizabeth Deane. Closeted at the time, he said he loved serving but felt вЂњburdened by the secret of being gay.вЂќ Credit. Marine Base in Twentynine Palms, Calif., in 1981. All told, вЂњAmerican VeteranвЂќ seeks to bridge the gap between the estimated 18 million living Americans - or about 7 percent of the adult population - who have served in the military and those who havenвЂ™t. It also includes many who served stateside. conflict going back to World War II and up to the recently concluded Afghanistan War, the longest in U.S. The series features veterans from every major U.S. And I somehow slipped under the radar.вЂќД¬ope White is among the almost 50 military veterans interviewed in вЂњAmerican Veteran,вЂќ a four-part documentary series premiering Tuesday on PBS. вЂњAnd IвЂ™m looking at him like, вЂDude, IвЂ™m having homosexual thoughts right now.вЂ™ But I locked it up. вЂњIвЂ™m being asked by a stud, a guy with bulging biceps, wearing pants that are practically painted on,вЂќ Cope White recalled in a phone interview from his Los Angeles home, laughing. When he went to enlist with his best friend, he learned he would have to answer a few questions. It was 1979, and Greg Cope White was a scared, skinny kid who thought it might be fun to join the Marines.

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