moore's book "to serve my country, to serve my race," and major charity adams earley's book "one woman's army." once i read both of those books, i knew. every filmmaker wants to do something that nobody hasn't done. this was something that was buried and lost, and this is something i wanted to do. >> what's so fascinating about your story? what about their story that you believe needs to be told? >> well, i knew as i read both of those books, i felt these women were up in age. they were retired. they were out of the military. and i knew once they go, all that history is gone. >> mm. >> so it was a journey, a 15-year journey of finding out where these women were at and sitting them down hour, two hours -- as much time as they allowed me in their house to have them talk to me about their history, the past -- the good, the bad, the ugly -- and what they experienced as being a waac during that period. so the stories were just fascinating to me. >> so, tell me what you learned about these young women at the time deciding to enlist in the armed services in the 1940s when the armed services, li