贝德福德：他们从这里迈向战场 (2009)

位于美国弗吉尼亚州的贝德福德是个不起眼的小镇，但在60年前的今天爆发的诺曼底战役，让这个小镇一举成名。一些历史学家称，在那场战役中，按人口比例，贝德福德镇牺牲军人比例高于全美任何一个城镇。在该镇参与奥马哈海滩登陆的35名子弟兵中，有19人在头15分钟牺牲，在当天战斗中，又有2 名该镇士兵战死。鉴于该镇在二次大战中作出的巨大牺牲，战后美国政府在该镇设立国家D日纪念碑。如今，在贝德福德小镇，诺曼底战役中亲历者只剩两位。一位叫南斯，他喜欢隐名埋姓，而他的战友﹑现年85岁的罗伊则依旧在向世人述说着自己的故事。（转自北京青年报）

Like the young men in many small American towns during and after the Great Depression, the boys of Bedford, Virginia, joined their local National Guard unit. They were paid one dollar for every weekend training session - a lot of money in 1941 - and they were given a snazzy uniform to wear that pleased the ladies. Not a bad deal. What they couldn't have foreseen was that Japan would attack Pearl Harbor and draw the United States - and their little Guard unit - into a war that everyone hoped would end all wars. In no time at all, these fresh-faced soldiers were torn from the arms of their girlfriends and new wives and found themselves in training camps, learning to fight for their country. Eventually these boys who had not yet seen a minute of battle would become the first to hit the beaches of Normandy on what we now know as D-Day. An ocean away, their families gathered around radios listening for news. Eventually a wave of telegrams arrived informing Bedford how great a sacrifice it had made: on June 6, 1942, that small community lost more men per capita than any oth...

位于美国弗吉尼亚州的贝德福德是个不起眼的小镇，但在60年前的今天爆发的诺曼底战役，让这个小镇一举成名。一些历史学家称，在那场战役中，按人口比例，贝德福德镇牺牲军人比例高于全美任何一个城镇。在该镇参与奥马哈海滩登陆的35名子弟兵中，有19人在头15分钟牺牲，在当天战斗中，又有2 名该镇士兵战死。鉴于该镇在二次大战中作出的巨大牺牲，战后美国政府在该镇设立国家D日纪念碑。如今，在贝德福德小镇，诺曼底战役中亲历者只剩两位。一位叫南斯，他喜欢隐名埋姓，而他的战友﹑现年85岁的罗伊则依旧在向世人述说着自己的故事。（转自北京青年报）

Like the young men in many small American towns during and after the Great Depression, the boys of Bedford, Virginia, joined their local National Guard unit. They were paid one dollar for every weekend training session - a lot of money in 1941 - and they were given a snazzy uniform to wear that pleased the ladies. Not a bad deal. What they couldn't have foreseen was that Japan would attack Pearl Harbor and draw the United States - and their little Guard unit - into a war that everyone hoped would end all wars. In no time at all, these fresh-faced soldiers were torn from the arms of their girlfriends and new wives and found themselves in training camps, learning to fight for their country. Eventually these boys who had not yet seen a minute of battle would become the first to hit the beaches of Normandy on what we now know as D-Day. An ocean away, their families gathered around radios listening for news. Eventually a wave of telegrams arrived informing Bedford how great a sacrifice it had made: on June 6, 1942, that small community lost more men per capita than any other in America. But Bedford's service to the nation continues. In 2004, for the first time since World War II, that same National Guard unit was called up again, this time to serve in Afghanistan. Soon after it went to Iraq. In BEDFORD: THE TOWN THEY LEFT BEHIND, The Johnson Group, producers of the acclaimed award-winning documentary PAPER CLIPS, presents a moving cross-generational story of innocence and bravery, of love and loss, of duty, honor and the costs of war.