Episode
Dateline: A Fathers Mission
Overview
Richard Engel reports on the Battle of Wanat, one of the worst casualty counts of the Afghanistan war that left nine soldiers dead and 27 injured the families of one platoon come together to grieve and uncover why their sons died.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 2011-05-29
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
A Fathers Mission is Episode 25 in Season 21 of Dateline. It aired on 2011-05-29. The runtime is 43 min.
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