SERVICE episode

Watch a 30 sec preview of Craft in America: SERVICE, premering on PBS November 2, 2014 (*check local listings). SERVICE: exploring creativity, healing and our nation’s soldiers and veterans. Featuring ceramic artist Ehren Tool, potter Judas Recendez, Peter Voulkos and other G.I. Bill artists, Pam DeLuco and the Paper Doll Project, and Eugene Burks Jr, saddler at the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon.

Watch a preview of Craft in America: SERVICE, exploring creativity, healing and our nation’s soldiers and veterans. Featuring ceramic artist Ehren Tool, potter Judas Recendez, Peter Voulkos and other G.I. Bill artists, Pam DeLuco and the Paper Doll Project, and Eugene Burks Jr, saddler at the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon.

U.S. Army veteran Luana Ritch, featured in the "Paper Dolls" book in the SERVICE episode of Craft in America, tells us of suffering in the cold of Korea because women were not issued cold weather gear as "women were not essential personnel."

U.S. Navy veteran Kelly McFarland explains the details and importance of a Chief Petty Officer's uniform. Her story is part of the "Paper Dolls" book, featured in the SERVICE episode of Craft in America.

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jennifer Vollbrecht was a 19 year old helicopter crew chief and door gunner in Iraq and is one of the few and proud women to wear the Combat Insignia. Her story is part of the "Paper Dolls" book, featured in the SERVICE episode of Craft in America.

On his last day in the caisson unit at Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. Army Specialist Tyler Meyers reflects on his service and introduces us to his favorite horse, Rowdy. The caissons are featured in the SERVICE episode of Craft in America.

Senior Horse Tack Specialist Eugene Burks Jr. shows the importance of the "Line of Draft," of the caisson horses working in Arlington National Cemetery. The caissons are featured in the SERVICE episode of Craft in America.