Acclaimed writer and peacemaker Maxine Hong Kingston talks to Bill Moyers about her writing, her activism and her work helping soldiers returning from war find peace within themselves through writing.

Memorial Day weekend, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL presents an illuminating interview with Maxine Hong Kingston, acclaimed author of many books including the award-winning The Woman Warrior and her latest book, Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace . For the past 15 years, Kingston has been working with veterans - more than 500 soldiers from World War II, Vietnam and now,  Iraq - as well as other survivors of war to convert the horrors they experienced into the words and stories that Kingston believes will help them cope and survive.