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soldiers D-Day: The Price of Freedom pays tribute to the courageous men who began the liberation of France more than 60 years ago.
triumph Untold Triumph
The participation of Filipino immigrants in America in WWII and the critical role they played in retaking the Philippines has gone untold for more than half a century. This film presents the definitive story of those men and the crucial role they played in America's fight for democracy and freedom.
Air Group 16Air Group 16: We Came to Remember
This documentary tells the story of the last reunion of Air Group 16 - the pilots, radiomen, and gunners who served on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington in the Pacific in World War II.
A lone sailor in the Persian GulfCARRIER follows a core group of characters aboard the USS Nimitz, from the admiral of the fleet to the fighter pilots to the scrubs, as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage, and the war on terror.
Chris AlticeAnother Day in Paradise follows a fighter pilot described by his fellow Black Aces as "more of a lover than a warrior"; an ordnance seaman who discovered right before he departed that his new girlfriend was pregnant; and a tough-talking Marine who loves to salsa dance.
Niall FergusonWar of the World
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson challenges nearly all our enduring assumptions about what was, without question, the most destructive conflict the planet has ever seen.
Re-enactor plays LincolnLincoln and Lee at Antietam - The Cost of Freedom
During the darkest days of the Civil War, a desperate Abraham Lincoln wagered the fate of the Union and freedom for the Southern slaves on the outcome of a single battle.
Finnish defendersFire and Ice
Launching a massive assault force, the Soviet Red Army invaded Finland on November 30, 1939. The Soviets deployed nearly half a million men and an arsenal of historic proportions in an offensive campaign that would define the eventual course of World War II and forever shape the art of modern warfare.
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