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These moving stories feature rare footage and personal accounts as well as a unique insight in to America's military history and the bravery of ordinary people asked to do extraordinary things.

9 episoder

  • Uncommon Courage: Breakout at Chosin
    E1
    Uncommon Courage: Breakout at ChosinBefore the Korean War, the idea of a Chinese-American leading a group of soldiers into battle would have been unthinkable. But the story of Chew-Een Lee is more than one of breaking barriers; it is a story of courage, grit and dogged determination, proving that bravery belongs to no single race.
  • Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise
    E2
    Carrier at War: The USS EnterpriseThe USS Enterprise is returning from war. Stationed in the Middle East for the last year, its pilots have seen heavy action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now, finally, they're returning home. We go aboard to deconstruct how a carrier works in wartime. With amazing personal stories and real-time footage from missions we reveal the awesome power of what's often called "the most dangerous place on the planet", a major aircraft carrier. And best of all, we're there when our characters are reunited with their loved ones back in the U.S.
  • Arlington: Call to Honor
    E3
    Arlington: Call to HonorEvery graveyard tells a story but few can talk to the living like Arlington National Cemetery. It's here that America buries its war heroes, from the Revolutionary War to 9/11 and the current struggle in Iraq. The American flag flies at half-staff more often than not as more than 27 burials take place daily. Each section of the cemetery reflects a time in history and each stone tells a story.
  • Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25
    E4
    Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25History of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall in Washington, DC is chronicled. Controversial upon inception, today this American icon is the nation's most-visited monument and considered the most accurate listing of the 58,195 U.S. soldiers who fell or remain MIA.
  • Men Who Brought the Dawn, The
    E5
    Men Who Brought the Dawn, TheChronical of the airmen who flew the bombing missions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including their 50-year reunion, personal recollections and archival footage of the devastation wrought by the nuclear weapons.
  • Day of the Kamikaze
    E6
    Day of the KamikazeJapanese pilots' suicide attacks on Allied forces in the latter stages of World War II are recalled. Including original color film of actual attacks, CGI reconstructions, testimony of survivors from both sides and newly discovered letters and diaries.
  • Wings of Honor
    E7
    Wings of HonorWings of Honor tells the stories of three men who fought in World War II and follows them as they fly to Washington DC to visit a monument built in their honor, and return to a celebration - and that long awaited welcome home.
  • Shooting Iwo Jima
    E8
    Shooting Iwo JimaMeet forgotten hero Bill Genaust, who captured on film the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. Learn his story as told by his photo unit commander, the last living relative to remember him, and the photojournalist's own forceful, visceral footage of two of the fiercest battles in World War II.
  • History in HD: The Last Bomb
    E9
    History in HD: The Last BombGet an unprecedented look at the strategy and sacrifice behind America's air raids on Japan in the final days of World War II. Explore the inside story via archival footage, all transferred to stunning HD, from General Lemay's planning stages to fighter action to final touch down back at Iwo Jima.

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