Arlington National Cemetery Section 60

Section 60 is a small part of a much larger story.

Arlington national cemetery section 60. It s most notable as the place where a lot of the people killed in iraq and. For families and friends it is a place to grieve to honor to remember and to find comfort and community with others who have shared the same profound loss. Arlington national cemetery watch the hbo original documentary hbo rare intimate glimpses of the loss love and pride felt by section 60 visitors.

The tragic death from shrapnel wounds of 21 year old lance corporal robert t. Mininger comes at the unforgettable end of baghdad er. May 24 an american flag blows across the back of a tombstone in section 60 of arlington national cemetery july 22 2015.

Arlington national cemetery is the third of a trilogy of collaborations between the filmmakers and hbo that capture the costs of the current wars. Arlington national cemetary provides rare intimate glimpses of the loss love and pride felt by section 60 visitors underscoring the human toll exacted by the military conflicts in iraq and afghanistan while honoring those who sacrificed their lives for their country. For service members killed in action in operation enduring freedom and operation iraqi freedom and interred in section 60 arlington national cemetery has been conducting a program to address families desires to leave mementos at their loved one s gravesite and to ensure the safeguarding of historically significant items.

It s a piece of arlington cemetery roughly 14 acres out of 624. Jon alpert and matthew o neill capture the sights and sounds of this quiet pocket of arlington national cemetery where families and friends grieve honor remember and find comfort and community with others who. Section 60 in fact picks up where baghdad er left off.