Locally-made documentary tells stories from the Vietnam War :: WRAL.com

THE OCEANO CHERRY TREES ALONG THE TIDAL BASIN ARE FINALLY OPEN A WEEK FROM TODAY IS NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERANS DAY. >> IT’S BEEN 47 YEARS SINCE THE BE ITS IMPACTS NEVER REALLY HAS. TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN GARNER, SCOTT MASON SHOWCASES A NEW DOCUMENTARY. >> CALLED THE WALL THAT HEALS. >> TELL ME THAT DAN BULLOCK, WHAT WAS HIS STORY WITH A BULLET WAS MORNING GOLDSBOROUGH WENT TO VIETNAM WAS KILLED. ONE WAS 15. HE HAD FORGED HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE SO HE COULD ENLIST STAND BULLET. >> WAS THE YOUNGEST AMERICAN >> ONE COMES RIGHT BACK TO WHAT IS THE COST OF TRYING TO DEFEND FREEDOM. A SAMPLE OF THAT COST UNFOLDS ON TIM STEVENS. COMPUTER SCREEN AND IT TOUCHED ME DEEPLY. THE STORIES HE COMPILED INTO A DOCUMENTARY SMELL OF DIESEL FUEL. A LOT. THE CHAOS THAT BECAME AN ORGANIZED CHAOS. IT WAS PRESIDENT OF THE BIBLE CLUB AT GARNER HIGH SCHOOL. HAROLD, TOO. AND HE JOINED THE MARINES BECAUSE HE SAID MEN ARE DYING AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS BEFORE THEY DON’T PATROL WAS AMBUSHED ON A HILLSIDE BY AN I STAND UP. >> WE ALL RUN. THAT’S WHAT HE TOLD HIS UNIT TO SAVE. 22 WAS AT THE COST OF HIS OWN. >> HE RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR AIR FORCE CAPTAIN GLENN COOKS. PARENTS NEVER ACCEPT IT. WHEN COOK WAS FROM CHARLOTTE, THEY LATER FOUND THE PLANE, BUT THEY NEVER FOUND HIS BODY. AND SO HIS PARENTS HELD OUT HOPE THEY EXPECT A MIRACLE TO THE DAY THEY DIE AT. HOW DID YOU COME ACROSS ALL THE STORIES YOU CAN WORK AND HE IS USED TO DIGGING. TIM STEVENS WROTE FOR THE RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER. HE COVERED SPORTS FOR 48 YEARS. IT’S THE PEOPLE STORIES THAT DRAW YOU IN IT. THAT’S IT. THAT’S IT IS PEOPLE FREDDY MARTIN OF NEW BERN, HIS GRANDFATHER BALL FOR THE UNION IN THE CIVIL WAR. FREDDIE WAS AN ATHLETE PLAN HE HAD SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS, BUT HE CHOSE INSTEAD TO ENLIST AND SOON. AND I READY. HIS GRANDFATHER LOOP SINGER. >> I BURIED AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY >> AND RUTH GRAHAM OF ENFIELD, A NURSE WHO HAD SERVED IN WORLD WAR 2. SHE WAS FIXING TO RETIRE HIM ABOUT HER RETIREMENT HOME. BUT RE-ENLISTED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT NEEDED HER IN VIETNAM, SHE OFTEN WORKED 40 HOURS SHIFTS. SHE DIED OF A STROKE AT AGE. 52. SHE IS ONE OF A NURSE IS LISTED ON THE VIETNAM THE WALL THAT HEALS IS THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENTARY. BUT THERE WAS NO HEALING FOR BUTCH DAVENPORT’S OF SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, MOOCH AND OVER 200 MAJOR SURGERIES, HIS KIDNEYS WERE RUINED BY THE WATER THEY DRINK. IT WASN’T KEEL. >> BUT HE LOST HIS LIFE. I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEED TO KNOW THE SACRIFICES. THERE’S PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THINGS FOR YOU THAT YOU DON’T. >> WALKABLE LIVES. THEIR STORIES DESERVE TO BE KNOWN. THE DOCUMENTARY AIRS THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE ON FOX 50 IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT