Reuniting Families with Lost War Medals
A soldier's quest to reunite lost war medals with their owners. Also, landing a plane with no lights, the Chennai office where a dog is boss, Colombian film projector collector.
Major Zachariah Fike is on a mission to reunite lost war medals with their owners.
Pilot Geoff Cobden of Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service landed a plane at night, on a dusty airstrip with no lights, thanks to an ingenious solution - a row of flaming toilet rolls.
Geeta Pandey has visited an office in Chennai where a dog called Goofy is the boss.
Hugo Suarez Fiat collects old film projectors and founded a cinematography museum in Colombia.
Saudi writer Raja Alem is the first woman to have won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
(Photo: Purple Hearts Reunited INC)
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