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- Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
- The National Memorial Day Concert is back as a live presentation with plans including a tribute to General Colin Powell and commemorations of Gold Star families and to those who lost their lives in the Vietnam War.
- "Our Promise: 100 years of the American Battle Monuments Commission" is a 56-minute documentary produced to celebrate a hundred years of commemoration and ABMC's centennial. It honors both the sacrifice of our fallen and the dedication of our staff to ensure we fulfill the unique mission given to the American Battle Monuments Commission. This documentary showcases the agency's ongoing work to preserve the legacy of those memorialized at our sites as well as the evolution of our mission into a new century of service. It honors both the sacrifice of our fallen, as well as the dedication of our staff to ensure we fulfill the unique mission given to the American Battle Monuments Commission. For this unique occasion, the documentary was premiered at the National Archives and Records Administration March 3, 2023. There are regional premiere events scheduled around the country throughout 2023. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) operates and maintains 26 cemeteries and 32 federal memorials, monuments, and commemorative plaques in 17 countries throughout the world, including the United States.
- The final three teams travel from Barcelona, Spain through France to Garrison, New York, knowing that every decision that they make along the way is critical. The first team to arrive at the finish line wins the US$1 million prize.
- Using the latest sonar technology, an expedition to map sunken Allied vessels off the Normandy Coast reveals stunning images from beneath the waves. There are over 100 shipwrecks in the English Channel of the landing craft and ships that took part in the greatest amphibious invasion fleet ever assembled.
- Peter and Dan Snow go to the scarred terrain of the Western Front in France to tell the story of the battle that signaled the end of the First World War.
- More than 60 years on, researchers are still arguing about exactly why Omaha Beach was the hardest fought of all the landing points of D-Day. Presenter Richard Hammond and Dr Simon Trew of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst set out to look through the latest findings. Can new statistical research and fresh archaeological finds reveal the truth?
- The film was heralded for its shocking realism, but how much of Spielberg's Hollywood war epic is truly accurate?
- Nearly 600-hundred thousand Oklahomans fought in WWI and WWII, many making the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. Most of these soldiers were laid to rest in beautiful cemeteries on foreign soil, too far for loved ones to visit. One Oklahoma man's mission is to make sure they aren't forgotten, he visits their graves, and he always leaves behind "A Piece of Home."
- Explore a world never seen before, a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the Atlantic sea bed. From the seabed in the Bermuda Triangle, the debris field of ships sunk by German U-boats in World War 2 to the wreckage of the Titantic, all will be exposed and examined.