War Stories

2007 • Smithsonian Channel
4.3
18 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (9)

1 Uncommon Courage: Breakout at Chosin
5/31/10
During the Korean War, a company of Marines is led by the Corps' first Chinese-American officer on a daring mission to rescue fellow soldiers trapped behind enemy lines and surrounded by a Chinese Communist enemy that outnumbers them four to one.
2 Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise
9/17/07
Going from 0 to 150 mph in 3 seconds, withstanding 3 Gs of force and taking off from what's often called "the most dangerous place on the planet" is just everyday life for an aircraft carrier pilot- and it's no different for the crew aboard the USS Enterprise. After being stationed in the Middle East for the last year, these pilots have seen heavy action in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, finally, they're returning home. With amazing personal stories and real-time footage from missions, Smithsonian Channel has an exciting insider's peek at life onboard a wartime aircraft carrier.
3 Arlington: Call to Honor
5/25/09
Every graveyard tells a story, but few can talk to the living like Arlington National Cemetery. Visit the final home of war heroes from the Revolutionary War to 9/11 to the current struggle in Iraq. The American flag flies at half-staff more often than not as more than twenty-seven burials take place daily. Each section of the cemetery reflects a time in history, and each stone signifies a hero.
4 Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25
11/11/07
In 1979 Jan Scruggs had an idea to build a memorial honoring the 2.7 million Americans who served in the nation's longest and most controversial war. Highly controversial upon inception, today the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C. is an American icon that is the nation's most-visited monument and considered the most accurate listing of the 58,195 U.S. soldiers who fell or remain M.I.A.
5 The Men Who Brought the Dawn
11/10/07
Their mission was to destroy two cities in Japan, and that is what they did. Fifty years after the atomic bomb missions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, surviving crewmen of the Enola Gay and Bockscar speak out about those fateful days at the end of a terrible war and how the weight of their task changed them-and the world-forever. Hear the airmen's stories as only they can tell them, with interviews from the fiftieth reunion of the mission crews, rare archival footage, and invaluable personal recollections.
6 Day of the Kamikaze
11/11/09
Season-only
Trace the origins of kamikaze battle, and relive two days of horror in 1945, when the Japanese launched "Operation Heaven" against the allied fleet in the Pacific. This award-winning documentary details the biggest and bloodiest suicide attack in history, with attack footage, unforgettable testimony of survivors from both sides and newly discovered letters and diaries.
7 Wings of Honor
11/11/09
Three World War II veterans from "The Greatest Generation" are invited to participate in an "Honor Flight" to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The celebration culminates in a visit to a monument built in their honor to commemorate their years of service, generating waves of pride and a flood of memories.
8 History in HD: Shooting Iwo Jima
11/11/09
Forgotten hero Bill Genaust, who captured on film the historic Iwo Jima flag-raising, is remembered by his Photo Unit commander, his last living relative, and visceral footage of two of the fiercest battles in World War II.
9 History in HD: The Last Bomb
12/20/09
Inside the tactical planning of one of the first long-distance air raids launched by U.S air forces in 1945, as huge fleets of B-29 bombers escorted by P-51 Mustangs executed an intensive firebombing campaign of Japanese cities.

About this show

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.

Ratings and reviews

4.3
18 reviews
Friday Ray
June 17, 2019
The Frozen Chosin endured not only the Chinese and the cold, but total incompetence from the Brass in the Army....Luckily, the Marine's saved the Army......Again...Semper Fi B1/7
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bschottc
March 5, 2016
Wow the first episode was just chilling. what an act of valor
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Vince W (winchester22lr)
June 16, 2015
Accurate portrayal
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