WWW.USVETERANSMAGAZINE.COM U.S. V T RANS MAGAZ N 93 An attendee of the Relief + Resiliency Snowball Express Annual Event talks with Gary Sinise.
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that the Lt. Dan Band was performing in my area and decided to attend. I like to believe that one show kept me from doing the unthinkable. Thank you for all you do." Sinise's work on behalf of the military is described in detail in Grateful American, which includes, Sinise said, "hilarious things about my childhood." Mostly, it's about his transformation. "The book continues to sell three years later," he said. "It's an interesting journey from self to service." None other than Clint Eastwood said about the 254-pager: "The book is called Grateful American, and I promise you after you read it, you will be grateful for what Gary has accomplished and contributed to our country." Forrest Gump won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Zemeckis) and Best Actor (Tom Hanks). Hanks and Sinise went on to team up in two other classics, Apollo 13 and The Green Mile. "We hit it off," Sinise said. Hanks has joined Sinise on several !!!!! "Tom's been a good supporter of mine and what I'm trying to do," Sinise said. Sinise has also starred in Of Mice and Men (which he directed), Reindeer Games, Snake Eyes, Ransom, Mission to Mars, The Stand and Impostor. *!!!!!!! television series with the crime drama CSI: New York, in which he played Detective Mac Taylor. He was credited as a producer from season two onward and wrote the storyline of an episode. In 2008, he was the narrator for the Discovery Channel's miniseries, When We Left Earth . Sinise was the executive producer - along with David Scantling - of the Iraq War documentary Brothers at War. !5!! features an American military family and the experiences of three brothers. In 2009, Sinise narrated the highly acclaimed World War II in HD on the History Channel. In 2010, he narrated the World War II documentary, Missions That Changed the War on the Military Channel. He has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and with the Presidential Citizen Medal - given to him by President George W. Bush for helping the military and Iraqi children. But for all his fame and accolades, Sinise
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