Need to Know: The war at home

The 9/11 attacks resulted in the nation's longest war effort, although it remains peripheral to most Americans' lives. Not so for the military families whose loved ones are deployed to a war zone. Need to Know profiles three families to get an intimate view into their lives and the sacrifices military children make every day.

PBS | September 7, 2011

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