Alive Day Memories
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq is a 2007 documentary television film featuring interviews with Iraq War amputees.
Summary
Ten veterans tell producer James Gandolfini of how they received their near-fatal wounds while serving in the Iraq War, and the emotional effect that it has had on them.An ‘Alive Day’ is the anniversary of a day when a veteran or service member nearly lost their life in combat, survived a severe injury, recovered from a serious illness, or experienced any near-death event that had a major impact on their life. The term was coined by Jim Mayer, a veteran lobbyist who lost his legs to a landmine explosion while serving in the Vietnam War and has celebrated surviving his wounds every year since the incident.