- Series Premieres With Two-Hour Special on Memorial Day -
SILVER SPRING, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- These are the stories you haven't
heard. A pair of identical twin soldiers reunite on and off the battlefield.
A wife surprises her returning husband with a dramatic weight loss. A
soldier's family in the U.S. provides safe haven for a young Iraqi boy in need
of a life-saving operation. Go behind the headlines from Operation Iraqi
Freedom for incredible stories of suspense, surprise and sacrifice in TLC's
new five-episode special series OPERATION HOMECOMING.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030530/TLCLOGO )
Premiering on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30 from 9 to 11 PM (ET/PT),
OPERATION HOMECOMING features soldiers' emotional first moments with family
and friends as they return home from assignments abroad, including Operation
Iraqi Freedom. TLC worked in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Defense
to gain access to these intimate, personal stories that shed light on the
sacrifices made not only by the men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces, but
also by their loved ones and communities back home. Each hour-long episode
will include three stories that highlight the soldiers and their families.
Other stories featured in OPERATION HOMECOMING include a real-life "Daddy
Day Care" who's cared for his young children (along with many other children
on base) while his wife served in Iraq; an injured soldier who flew from
Walter Reed Army Medical Center to personally welcome his troop on the
homecoming field and to thank the friend who saved his life; two military
wives who moved their families to live together while their husbands served
overseas and more.
In OPERATION HOMECOMING, viewers will be there for the reunion as families
welcome home loved ones from military service abroad: their emotional letters
and e-mails, the seemingly interminable days waiting for the phone to ring and
the final rush of preparations as the families receive notice their sons,
daughters, husbands and wives are to return. They are stories of courage
against all odds, optimism in the face of anxiety, and the overwhelming
sacrifices made by families with loved ones serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Online at TLC.com, viewers can read more about the soldiers and families
profiled in OPERATION HOMECOMING, view family photos, read their letters home
and learn ways that they can get involved in supporting U.S. troops serving
abroad.
OPERATION HOMECOMING is produced for TLC by True Entertainment in
conjunction with A-III Productions, Inc. The executive producer for A-III is
Alexandra Jewett; for True Entertainment, Glenda Hersh; and for TLC, Kathy
Davidov.
TLC is dedicated to high-quality, intelligent and relatable nonfiction
entertainment: authentic personal stories that inspire, engage, inform and
unite our audience in the spirit of life's possibilities. TLC intimately
connects more than 94 million homes in North America to the human experience
through its "Life Unscripted" approach to storytelling. Discovery Networks,
U.S., a unit of Discovery Communications, Inc., operates and manages Discovery
Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel,
Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Kids Channel, Discovery Times Channel, The
Science Channel, Discovery Home Channel, Military Channel, Discovery en
Espanol and FitTV. The unit also distributes BBC AMERICA in the United
States. Visit TLC on the web by going to http://www.tlc.com.
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