WELLSBORO — Admission is free to see “People of Honor: Tioga County and WWII” at 7 p.m. in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro. Donations are always appreciated.

Written, directed and co-produced by Dr. Gale Largey, the film is a tribute to the “Greatest Generation” and aims to support the organization Goodies for Our Troops, according to a recent press release.

“Goodies for Our Troops sincerely thanks Dr. Gale Largey who wrote, directed and co-produced ‘People of Honor,’ and Amy Welch, executive director of the Deane Center for showing this documentary film, which includes interviews with many World War II heroes from our area. It’s particularly meaningful that they chose this Saturday, May 20, Armed Forces Day, to show this film,” said Dawn Pletcher, on behalf of Goodies for Our Troops.

“That Dr. Largey has chosen Goodies for Our Troops to benefit from these donations means more than words can say because we can only continue our mission of shipping Care Packages to our Heroes with generosity like this. We get no government funding and depend entirely on donations. We do not use any donations for paid advertising or fundraising companies, and none of us who volunteer receive any payment other than the warm feeling we get when our heroes or their families tell us how much the care packages mean to them as they sacrifice so much 24/7 for us and our freedom,” Pletcher said in the release.

The 110-minute film was originally produced in 2001, and is based on interviews with 104 Tioga County citizens who tell of their World War II experiences on both the home front and the war front, according to the press release.

It also incorporates original film footage showing the first draftees leaving Tioga County; a war bond drive gathering in downtown Wellsboro; the removal of the cannon on The Green in the heart of Wellsboro; travel along Route 15 and a post-war victory parade in Elkland. Original government footage from the war front is also shown.

Gen. Edward Meyer, former Army Chief of Staff, gives the introduction and then a final reflection amidst the graves of Arlington.

He underscores that “an army does not fight a war, a nation does.”

Largey will give a brief introduction about the film and answer questions following the presentation.

For more information, call the Deane Center at 570-724-6220.