No. 17 • Vol. 5
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May 2019
Budd Lake Man Executive Produces War Hero Docuseries
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By Anastasia Marchese ack Thomas Smith is trying to bring home what it means to be a true hero, by bringing a dose of reality back to reality TV. Working together as Executive Directors with his fiance Mandy Del Rio, they have brought to fruition an idea that started in early 2017. “Jack and I are very pro-military, we always have been,” said Del Rio and because of this Smith had been trying to come up with a way to use his professional experience in the entertainment industry on behalf of members of the military. Del Rio remembers the day that Smith came to her and said, “I’ve got an idea of something we can do together to help support the military,” and then shared with her the idea that later became War Heroes.
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War Heroes is a docuseries produced for television in which, “the soldier is the star. We wanted to bring attention to our true heroes,” says Del Rio. “It is totally Jack’s idea, but we built it together.” The pilot episode was completed in the beginning of 2019 and is in the process of being presented to television networks. Smith and Del Rio were excited and pleased to have Kris Paronto come on board as host for the series as Paranto can speak to soldiers and their families from the lens of ex-
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perience. His bio on the War Heroes website explains, “Kris is a former Army Ranger from the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and a private security contractor,... Paronto has been involved in security operations in hostile environments for over 10 years. His team’s involvement with the September 11th, 2012 attack on the US special mission in Benghazi, Libya was paramount in the saving of US lives and assets.” As the host of War Heroes, Paranto continued on page 2
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