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AVC WINS EMMY AWARD FOR TELEVISION EXCELLENCE
The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes, produced by the American Veterans Center and the first televised awards show saluting our veterans and military men and women, was the recent recipient of an Emmy Award for outstanding work in television. The award was presented at the 57th Annual Emmy Awards gala hosted by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
The Honors shares the stories of American military legends from World War II to the present day, with their stories of heroism introduced by notable celebrities and supporters of our military such as Gary Sinise, Pat Sajak, Joe Mantegna, Mark Valley, Taylor Kitsch, Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier, Lorraine Bracco, and more.
“ We are proud to add The Honors to The Oscars, The Grammys, The Tonys, and of course, the Emmys, as the first awards show saluting our military heroes,” said Tim Holbert, Executive Director of the AVC and producer of The Honors.“ These are heroes whose names every American should know, and we’ re honored to build The Honors into a Veterans Day television tradition.”
The Honors was broadcast over Veterans Day weekend, 2014 nationwide on REELZ Channel and worldwide on American Forces Network. The Honors is set to return this fall, filmed the evening of Saturday, November 7 in Washington, DC. To inquire about tickets, contact the AVC at 703-302-1012 ext. 214 or info @ americanveteranscenter. org.
NEW AVC DOCUMENTARY ON THE DOOLITTLE RAID PREMIERES AT U. S. CAPITOL
On May 18, 2015, the AVC and World War II Veterans Committee proudly premiered the new documentary film, Doolittle’ s Raiders: A Final Toast at the U. S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. The film, conceived and executive produced by the AVC, tells the story of the legendary Doolittle Raid on Japan of April 18, 1942, and of the 80 men who took part.
The premiere was the opening event of the 2015 G. I. Film Festival, a weeklong event that spotlights films dedicated to displaying the heroism of our veterans and military men and women.
The event was preceded by a special Congressional reception in honor of the Raiders. Pictured left, Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole- Jimmy Doolittle’ s co-pilot and one of two surviving Doolittle Raiders- is joined by AVC President Jim Roberts and actor & veterans advocate Gary Sinise at the reception.
Following the film was a Q & A session with Lt. Col. Cole and the film’ s producers. Pictured above, left to right, are Ambassador Lyushun Shen, Ph. D( Republic of China), Thomas Casey( Manager, Doolittle Tokyo Raiders), Lt. Col. Cole, Tim Gray( Producer), Tim Holbert( Executive Producer & AVC Executive Director), and Brandon Millett( President, G. I. Film Festival).
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