War Stories

War Stories

Season 1
Smithsonian Channel lets you bring home the life-altering experience of war as seen through the eyes of American servicemen and women.
IMDb 6.020109 episodes7+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Uncommon Courage: Breakout at Chosin

    May 31, 2010
    47min
    TV-PG
    The Korean War may be considered "The Forgotten War," but it brought us one unforgettable hero.
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  2. S1 E2 - Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise

    May 31, 2007
    47min
    TV-PG
    Come aboard an aircraft carrier in wartime.
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  3. S1 E3 - Arlington: Call to Honor

    47min
    TV-PG
    Explore one of America's most famous Cemeteries for war heroes.
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  4. S1 E4 - Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25

    November 11, 2007
    47min
    TV-PG
    History of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall in Washington DC is chronicled.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Men Who Brought the Dawn

    July 10, 2009
    47min
    TV-PG
    Chronical 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.
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  6. S1 E6 - Day of the Kamikaze

    February 18, 2008
    1 h 15 min
    TV-PG
    Japanese 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.
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  7. S1 E7 - Wings of Honor

    January 20, 2011
    47min
    TV-PG
    Wings 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.
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  8. S1 E8 - History in HD: Shooting Iwo Jima

    May 17, 2010
    47min
    TV-PG
    Meet 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.
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  9. S1 E9 - History in HD: The Last Bomb

    May 24, 2010
    47min
    TV-PG
    Embark on a 3,000-mile death-defying World War II mission, all captured on film and all transferred to stunning HD.
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