![]() Tell me your first impressions when this opportunity to play LeAnn came your way? ![]() ![]() You’ve played a number of strong and complex women over the course of your career, but this strong, complex woman is a real woman. Military post, Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas. Gary Volesky (L) and Sarah Wayne Callies (R) as LeAnn Volesky on set of The Long Road Home at U.S. And countless soldiers and their families would never, ever be the same. By the time a daring rescue was accomplished, 8 men were dead, some 50 others injured and the Iraq conflict redefined. But Home claims a critical something that most military-based films and series can’t: its battles, its characters, its heartbreak and heroism are all based in real-life.Ĭulled from ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz’s 2008 bestseller of the same name, Home relives a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed during a humanitarian mission on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad-a day that became known as Black Sunday. Yes, National Geographic’s event series The Long Road Home boasts all the trappings of a big-budget war film-top-notch cast, realistic battle scenes and enough camo and ammo to stock a real-life army base. ![]() ‘The Long Road Home’: Jon Beavers on Playing Real-Life War Hero Eric Bourquin.‘The Long Road Home’: Nat Geo Series Concludes With Moving Finale, Companion Doc. ![]()
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