The War
First aired
September 23, 2007
Ended
The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
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Cast & Crew
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks
Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)
Josh Lucas
Narrator (voice)
Bobby Cannavale
Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Narrator (voice)
Eli Wallach
Narrator (voice)
Robert Wahlberg
Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice)
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
- PF
Paul Fussell
Self
- QA
Quentin Aanenson
Self
- SW
Sascha Weinzheimer
Self
- KP
Katharine Phillips
Self
- OC
Olga Ciarlo
Self
- RK
Robert Kashiwagi
Self
- AD
Anne DeVico
Self
- JC
Joe Medicine Crow
Self
- SH
Sam Hynes
Self - Marine Pilot
Ken Burns
Director
Lynn Novick
Director
Media
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