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How a student history project reunited a family

Disconnected by war, family reunites through student history project

07/29/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

How a student history project reunited a family

Clip: 7/29/2015 | 5m 21s

Disconnected by war, family reunites through student history project

Decades after losing touch, family members from two different continents were reunited at the American Cemetery in Normandy, France, to honor a World War II soldier who was killed in action just after the D-Day invasion. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports on the educational program that brought them together.

07/29/2015 | Rating NR

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