“I’ve always been driven to make films, but specifically, to make films about veterans and military, our people." American Legion Post 43 - Hollywood, CA member Kyle Hausmann-Stokes shares his military experience, filmmaking debut that won a SXSW award, the role of the Legion in his success and more on this week’s episode of Tango Alpha Lima. Also, co-hosts Stacy Pearsall, Adam Marr and Joe Worley chat about: • The anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. • A $9.8 million commitment to study #psychedelics for active-duty troops. • Farming as a form of therapy for veterans. Check out the episode; https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/tango-alpha-lima/2025/april/from-paratrooper-to-award-winning-movie-director. The American Legion, Department of California Veterans in Media & Entertainment My Dead Friend Zoe Morgan Freeman (fb)

OTD in 2003, just three weeks into the invasion of Iraq, U.S. forces pulled down a bronze statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, symbolizing the end of the Iraqi president’s reign and becoming known as the Fall of Baghdad. The Battle of Baghdad itself was over in just seven days after starting on April 3. (fb)