REMEMBER TO CHANGE YOUR SOCKS
WHENEVER WE STOP.
BRIAN: THE GARY SINISE
FOUNDATION BUILDS SPECIALIZED
HOUSES FOR WOUNDED VETS.
HE ALSO PLAYS GUITAR WITH HIS
LIEUTENANT DAN BAND.
JOINING ME THE YOU A MORE OF
THIS BOOK, GARY SINISE.
PRESIDENT OF THE GARY SINISE
FOUNDATION.
YOU DO NOT NEED AN EDUCATION ON
MEMORIAL DAY.
HOW GRATIFYING IS WHAT YOU DO ON
A DAILY BASIS COMPARED TO WHAT
YOU ACCOMPLISHED AS AN ACTOR?
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, BRIAN.
IT’S A BLESSING TO HAVE HAD A
SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE MOVIE
AND TELEVISION BUSINESS, THEN TO
BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE
WITH IT TO HELP THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
VETERANS IN MY FAMILY, I HAVE A
LONG HISTORY SUPPORTING
VETERANS.
AND POST SEPTEMBER 11, I WANTED
TO DO AS MUCH AS I COULD.
SO I STARTED SUPPORTING A LOT OF
NON-PROFITS AND EVENTUALLY
CREATED MY OWN NON-PROFIT, THE
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION.
BRIAN: WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE LIKE
BRIAN ANDERSON THAT YOU ARE ABLE
TO IMPACT DIRECTLY, WHAT’S THAT
LIKE?
AND CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT HIM?
>> BRIAN IS SOMEBODY I MET
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, GOSH, OVER 15
YEARS AGO.
HE WAS INJURED IN 2005.
HE’S A TRIPLE AMPUTEE MISSING
TWO LEGS AND AN ARM.
WE ARE BOTH FROM ILLINOIS SO WE
KINDS OF CONNECTED AT WALTER
REED WHEN I FIRST MET BRIAN.
WE BECAME FRIENDS AND HE BECAME
AN AMBASSADOR FOR MY FOX NEWS
CHANNEL DAYS.
RECENTLY WE HELD WHAT WE CALL A
WALLS OF HONOR CEREMONY, IT’S
KINDS OF THE MIDWAY POINT IN OUR
HOMEBUILDING PROCESS.
THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON
THE SCREEN.
BRIAN WILL HAVE A NEW HOME
SOMETIME AROUND VETERANS DAY IN
TENNESSEE.
HE’S ONE OF OUR MANY RECIPIENTS
OF THESE RICE HOMES WE ARE
BUILDING.
I’M JUST VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TOO
HAVE HIM AS A FRIEND AND TO HAVE
KNOWN HIM.
I WRITE ABOUT HIM IN MY BOOK AND
I WAS PRIVILEGED TO WRITE THE
FORWARD TO THE BOOK HE WROTE
CALLED "KNOW TURNING BACK.
HE’S A WONDERFUL GUY.
BRIAN: YOU PORTRAYED LIEUTENANT
DAN IN THE VIETNAM WAR.
WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU MEET
THE SURVIVORS OF THOSE LOST IN
BATTLE?
>> IT’S ALWAYS VERY POWERFUL.
I’M ACTUALLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FOR MEMORIAL WEEKEND.
I HAVE AGAIN THE CO-HOST OF THE
NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT IN
FRONT OF THE CAPITOL GOING BACK
TO 2005.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE A SPECIAL GOLD
STAR SEGMENT THAT WE ARE DOING.
WE TRY TO HONOR OUR GOLD STAR
FAMILIES EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL SEGMENT THIS
YEAR.
IT’S VERY POWERFUL.
AND MY FOUNDATION IS SPONSORING
A GROUP OF SNOWBALL EXPRESS
FAMILIES.
WE TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE
CHILDREN OUR FALLEN.
WE ARE BRINGING 13 FAMILIES IN
THIS WEEKEND TO BE PART OF THE
CONCERT.
BRIAN: PBS WILL STREAM ON
YouTube AS WELL.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR
FOUNDATION, HOW DO WE DO IT?
>> WELL, EVERY FOUNDATION IS
GOING TO TELL YOU TO GO TO THEIR
WEBSITE.
SO OUR WEBSITE IS GARY SINISE
FOUNDATION.ORG.
IT’S A GOOD WAY HE SEE THE
PEOPLE IN ACTION WE ARE WORK
WITH.
WE HAVE MANY HOMES IN THE
PROCESS.
WE HAVE GOLD STAR INITIATIVES.
IT’S KIND OF A BROAD MISSION AT
THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION.
PRIOR TO STARTING THE
ORGANIZATION, I WAS SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE DOING
WONDERFUL THINGS.
WHEN I START MY FOUNDATION WE
CREATED A PRETTY BROAD MISSION.
BRIAN: THE MILITARY RESPECTS
WHAT YOU DID AND RESPECTING
EVERYTHING YOU DID FROM THE
FAMILY TO THE CORPORALS TO THE