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Ken Burns: Agrees To Expand Documentary

Filmmaker Ken Burns agreed yesterday to re-cut his PBS documentary on World War II to include footage about the contributions of Latino and American Indian service members -- and not to present the material apart from his 14 1/2 -hour series.

Read entire article at WaPo