My name is George Bogdanich, Producer/Director of Vietnam Changed My Life, a unique documentary told entirely by veterans, including some I grew up with. These veterans tell gripping stories about the Tet Offensive, Operation Dewey Canyon, Hamburger Hill and the challenges they faced coming home without a welcome from an unpopular war with lingering injuries, PTSD and Agent Orange and what they learned about the experience in Vietnam.

Vietnam veterans are currently at an age where this documentary may be the last opportunity to tell their powerful stories.

We are about 80 percent finished with a 90 minute broadcast quality documentary, but we need to raise funding to complete post production editing and the licensing of music, stills and archival footage.

Here's is what people who have seen footage from our film-in-progress have to say:

"George Bogdanich and Chris Pupillo have taken on the formidable task of producing a documentary that focuses on one of the bloodiest periods of combat in Vietnam and provides an intimate look into how these men returned to an often-ungrateful public—how it affected them and how they got on with their lives." -- Lt. James Tarleton 101st Airborne infantry battle of Hamburger Hill

"It is the personal stories of Vietnam veterans that make learning the lessons of Vietnam so important" -- Allen Lynch, Medal of Honor recipient Army Spec 4 Vietnam

"Excerpts from Vietnam Changed My Life are haunting, compassionate, moving" -- Mike Thomas, Indiana DAV Commander and Vietnam

Veteran

"War can be an abstract concept to teach, especially when most of my students don't even personally know any veterans. It is critical that we humanize the experience of those who served so that everyone, but most importantly the leaders of tomorrow, understands the true cost of war. -- Melissa Ziobro, Military Historian at Monmouth College