The film chronicles the battle to see that “Pits” receive the Medal he had earned.Grow Piqua Now exists to strengthen the community’s business environment by coordinating an array of resources with an effective regionally-integrated economic development program. Army’s 1st Infantry Division during a firefight.
He was killed on Apin one of the bloodiest battles of the war while rendering aid and saving the lives of soldiers with the U.S. Pitsenbarger flew nearly 300 missions to rescue soldiers and downed pilots during the Vietnam War.
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“I think that the biggest thing in this movie is that they fought so hard to get him the medal of honor,” Sherman said. He died on the battlefield in 1966, but wasn’t awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor until 34 years later. “He gave so much for soldiers that he fought with side by side and those that he didn’t know,” Sherman said. He was offered a chance to escape the battle on a helicopter, but he chose to stay and help out, according to the Air Force Museum foundation. Pitsenbarger is credited with saving more than 60 men, including nine the day he died. “We have students who are doing history projects who had no idea who this gentleman was who are now going to know what he did and that it’s somebody that was born and raised in Piqua,” Sherman said. Along with the film, many will be able to connect with Pitsenbarger’s life and his story.
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RELATED: Air Force museum event spotlights local hero PitsenbargerĪt the library there will be a full historical display honoring Pitsenbarger. There will also be two large banners outside the city’s government center Thursday, and at the reception there will be a life-size portrait of Pitsenbarger. The people coming in to town will be taken around Piqua and shown the various ways the city honors its veterans, including the Veterans Memorial and Pitsenbarger park, to see the statue erected in his honor in 2015. Navarro has credited Pitsenbarger with saving his life during the Vietnam War. Tom Allison as well as real life mud soldiers Phil Hall and Fred Navarro. John Quaid Travis Aaron Wade, who plays Lt. The full list of who’s attending the big day is still being finalized, but many who either helped make the movie or are depicted in the film will be in Piqua, officials said.Īmong those confirmed to be attending are Robinson, Sidney Sherman, a producer Julian Adams, who is a producer and plays Lt. Paul Sherry car dealership has donated cars to transport people that come in from out of town for the premiere. “This town is so amazing because it is so giving,” Sherman said. At the mall for the reception, PSC Crane & Rigging will be set up with one of its cranes and a large U.S. The ticket donation isn’t the only way the community is giving back. A Q&A with the film’s writer and director Todd Robinson, producers and veterans of Abilene, will follow each screening.
Ticket availability is on a first-come basis.Ī third screening will be opened to the public with tickets available through the Cinemark box office. Veterans may receive a ticket for themselves and one guest. 17 at the Piqua Board of Education offices, located at 215 Looney Road. Veterans’ will be available beginning at 8 a.m.
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Tickets for the veterans screenings will be free of charge, thanks to a donation from Hartzell Propeller. Kathy Sherman, president of the Piqua Chamber of Commerce, said this is one of the many ways the community has come together to make to honor Pitsenbarger. RELATED: ‘Avengers’ stars part of cast in film about local war hero
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