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Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Harry Combs started his love affair with aviation at the age of 13 with a $2.50 ride in the cockpit of a mail plane. By his mid-teens, Combs was building his own flight-worthy aircraft. His education led him to try investment banking, a path that he would later modify to successfully run Combs Aircraft. It seems Harry Combs has done it all, from working with President Kennedy on the increasing demand for air travel to rebuilding the struggling Gates...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011], c2007
Language
English
Description
By December 1944, Americans had grown weary of the war: the stream of newspaper headlines telling of new losses and telegrams bearing bad news seemed endless. In episode 6, The Ghost Front, Ken Burns explores the unpredictable and unnerving months toward the near-end to the war. In the Pacific, American progress had been slow and costly, while in Europe, no one was prepared for the massive counterattack Hitler launches in the Ardennes forest of Belgium...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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These are the stories America needs to hear about the remarkable young men and women who serve." - Admiral William H. McRaven, US Navy (Ret.). The most moving and powerful war stories ever told, by the men and women who lived them. Walk in my Combat Boots is a powerful collection crafted from hundreds of original interviews by James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling writer, and First Sergeant US Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann, part of the Ranger unit...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Featuring footage provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, this documentary explores the Camp Perry, Ohio World Series of Marksmanship, sponsored jointly by the National Rifle Association and the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The story of America's citizen-soldier is depicted in this episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series that illustrates the obligations enacted by the Armed Forces Reserve Act, and the opportunities offered by special training for Army Reservists. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration shows viewers how the Reserve forces play their vital role in the nation's defense effort. This digitally remastered version...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2009
Language
English
Description
To understand the essence of history, we must begin our journey from its root. Through this program, viewers will begin to build a deep and nuanced understanding of Chiang Kai-shek by studying the life of Charlie Soong-missionary, entrepreneur, pivotal political figure, and close friend of Sun Yat-sen-and the early years of three of his daughters: Soong Ai-ling, who would marry H. H. Kung; Soong Ching-ling, who would marry Sun Yat-sen; and Mei-ling...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
To train the specialists it needs, the United States Army maintains a number of service schools in the European Command. Here, soldiers learn everything from accounting to the care and training of war dogs. Training in firefighting methods is taught by the Engineer School in the Bavarian Town of Murnau. Produced by the U.S. Army for The Big Picture series, this film covers activities at the Intelligence and Military Police School, one of the world's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
World War II is a watershed event for Latino Americans with hundreds of thousands of men and women serving in the armed forces, most fighting side by side with Anglos. In the Pacific, East L.A.'s Guy Gabaldon becomes a Marine Corp legend when he single-handedly captures more enemy soldiers than anyone in U.S. military history. But on the home front, discrimination is not dead: in 1943, Anglo servicemen battle hip young "Zoot suitors" in racially charged...
Pub. Date
[1951]
Language
English
Description
Coming shortly after the end of World War II, the Korean War was one of the first conflicts fought during the new cold war atmosphere between the United States and the Soviet Union. Many U.S. soldiers who had fought in World War II again found themselves fighting overseas, but with a new mission to stop the spread of communism.
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
The combination of the Viet Cong rebels' grisly guerilla warfare and the dense tropical terrain of Vietnam made U.S. operations there particularly difficult. Trained for large scale, more traditional fighting, soldiers often found themselves at the mercy of waterlogged deltas where leeches, rain, and intense heat crippled movement.
Pub. Date
[1945]
Language
English
Description
World War II drew to a close when Japan expressed the desire to surrender on August 10, 1945, following the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Harry S. Truman announced V-J day on August 14, though the official surrender documents were not signed until September 2, aboard the USS Missouri docked in Tokyo Bay.
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
As the Vietnam War continued in the 1960s, U.S. soldiers undertook many "search and clear" missions while fighting North Vietnamese guerilla fighters. These fighters proved elusive for the U.S. military, which had superior firepower but was not accustomed to guerilla warfare. Support for the war in the United States eroded after revelations that U.S. soldiers had mistakenly killed civilians on several occasions.
Pub. Date
[1945]
Language
English
Description
In 1942 Japan invaded the Philippines, which had been a U.S.-controlled territory since 1898. After debate regarding how to handle Japan's hold on the Philippines, in January 1945 U.S. troops invaded to retake the islands. In August 1945 the Japanese surrendered, and on July 4, 1946, the Philippines became an independent nation.
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English
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Margaret Corbin sheds her blood fighting in the Revolution. Years later, in Afghanistan, Leigh Ann Hester becomes the first woman to receive the Silver Star for combat heroism. Nurses have been in harm’s way since the Civil War and during WW I thousands of women volunteer for service as Navy Yeomanettes and Army Signal Corp “Hello Girls.” In a world where front lines no longer exist, America’s female patriots confront the horrors of war as...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2007
Language
English
Description
This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series reviews the latest in Army weapons and machines, including atomic artillery, the jet helicopter, and increased mobility through multi-airdrops - vividly showing why this branch of the Armed Forces is the strongest fighting team in the world. This informative video from the National Archives and Records Administration also portrays the Army's greatest asset, the solider, who...
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