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10 Episodes 2007 - 2007
Episode 1
Sun, Feb 11, 2007
A look at life for members of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines in Ramadi. Included: how families at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina have been affected by the deployment. Also: an interview with Sheikh Abdul Saltar Baziya, a Sunni, about how he and the Americans are training Sunni police officers to fight, alongside Syrian forces, against Al Queda.
Episode 2
Sun, Mar 18, 2007
British statesman Winston Churchill (1874-1965).
Episode 3
Sun, Apr 15, 2007
The history of atomic weapons, from the Manhattan Project to the spread of nuclear technology to other countries. Included: insights from Manhattan Project veterans Bill Wilcox, Roger Rohrbacher and Gladys Owens; and former weapons inspector David Kay.
Episode 4
Sun, Jun 17, 2007
A look back at Americans who, prior to the U.S. entering World War II, joined the Royal Air Force to help defend Britain from Nazi Germany. Included: the story of William M.L. Fiske, a two-time Olympian who joined the RAF in 1939; and comments from members of the all-American "Eagle Squadrons".
Episode 6
Sat, Sep 8, 2007
A look at the U.S. Naval Construction Force.
Episode 7
Sun, Sep 16, 2007
The 1944 battle of Peleliu, which began with 6000 Marines landing on the tiny South Pacific island, defended by 10,000 Japanese troops.
Episode 8
Sun, Sep 23, 2007
The Japanese island of Okinawa is the site of the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.
Episode 9
Sat, Nov 3, 2007
An examination of the "War on Terror" as it's being played out in the southern Philippines, where U.S. military personnel are aiding the Filipino troops in their efforts against such militant Islamic groups as Abu Sayyaf and Jemaya Islamiya.
Episode 10
Sat, Nov 10, 2007
The disastrous August 19, 1942, Allied raid on Nazi-occupied Dieppe, France, in which some 1000 Canadian troops were killed.
Episode 11
Sat, Nov 17, 2007
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), the nation's 33rd president, is profiled. Included: remarks from George Elsey, Ken Hechler and Milton Kayle, who served in Truman's White House in various capacities; and from his eldest grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel.