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Native Americans assist U.S. troops in the war effort (circa 1943).

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  • Native Americans Aid War Effort
    Native Americans Aid War Effort

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    Native Americans assist U.S. troops in the war effort (circa 1943).

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  • Last Stand of the Confederacy
    Last Stand of the Confederacy

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    In march of 1865, Confederate forces made a valiant last stand against General Sherman's advancing troops, but were undone by the most unlikely of errors

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  • The Last of the Sioux
    The Last of the Sioux

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    Resistant to government regulated reservations, the Sioux retreated into the Black Hills until a final massacre at Wounded Knee.

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  • 761st Activated
    761st Activated

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    The 761st Panther Tank division was called to duty in 1962.

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  • David Gilmore
    David Gilmore

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    WWII veteran David Gilmore recalls his struggles during combat and the long road home.

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  • A Soldier's Story: Hamburger Hill
    A Soldier's Story: Hamburger Hill

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    In 1969, Arthur Wiknik found himself in one of the Vietnam War's most notorious battles.

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  • A Soldier's Story: Khe Sanh
    A Soldier's Story: Khe Sanh

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    Amid a siege that would last 77 days, medic Raymond Torres was dropped into central Vietnam.

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  • Preserving the Footage
    Preserving the Footage

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    By recovering footage buried away for decades to develop the Vietnam in HD series, see how history is preserved transferring the delicate film to HD.

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  • Finding the Film
    Finding the Film

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    Discover how researchers combed archives to uncover rare film for the Vietnam in HD series and found some footage in unexpected places.

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  • Search and Destroy
    Search and Destroy

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    Search and Destroy missions were a crucial part of the American war strategy in Vietnam.

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Speeches & Audio (10)

  • Truman Announces Germany's Surrender
    Truman Announces Germany's Surrender

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    In a May 8, 1945, radio broadcast, President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Germany, but reminds Americans that the war wages on in the Far East.

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  • North Vietnam Disregards Ceasefire Agreement
    North Vietnam Disregards Ceasefire Agreement

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    In an October 12, 1973, interview, Col. Le Gran, U.S. deputy director of intelligence, discusses the discovery that North Vietnam installed SA-2 missiles in the southern city of Khe Sanh shortly after a ceasefire agreement prohibiting military incursion in South Vietnam was signed on January 27 of that year.

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Progress Report
    Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Progress Report

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    In his progress report on World War II on July 28, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt informs the nation that "the first crack in the Axis has come" as Italian Premier Mussolini falls from power.

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  • Truman Announces Japan's Surrender
    Truman Announces Japan's Surrender

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    On September 1, 1945, in a radio address to the American people, President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Japan, formalized aboard the U.S.S. Missouri.

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  • Douglas MacArthur Receives the Japanese Surrender
    Douglas MacArthur Receives the Japanese Surrender

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    On September 2, 1945, aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, World War II comes to a close when Japanese officials sign the unconditional surrender. Gen. Douglas MacArthur presides over the signing and delivers a short speech on the momentous occasion.

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  • Reagan Speaks on 40th Anniversary of D-Day
    Reagan Speaks on 40th Anniversary of D-Day

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    On June 6, 1984, in Normandy, France, President Ronald Reagan honors the heroes of D-Day, a pivotal moment during World War II.

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  • Nixon on Vietnam War
    Nixon on Vietnam War

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    On March 26, 1971, President Richard Nixon holds a meeting in the Oval Office with his National Security Council to discuss the war in Vietnam. The meeting is secretly recorded. Among the many topics he raises, Nixon recounts a prior conversation with House majority leader Hale Boggs on setting a date for the final withdrawal of U.S. forces.

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  • Schwarzkopf on Liberation of Kuwait
    Schwarzkopf on Liberation of Kuwait

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    Once President George H.W. Bush declares that "Kuwait is liberated" and Iraq's army defeated, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf holds a press conference on February 27, 1991, and expresses his admiration for the U.S. troops.

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt on American Progress in World War II
    Franklin D. Roosevelt on American Progress in World War II

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    With the United States now entered into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt uses the occasion of Washington’s birthday to broadcast to the nation on February 23, 1942, an outline of America’s progress in the war.

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 Labor Day Speech
    Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 Labor Day Speech

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    In his Labor Day radio broadcast in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reminds his fellow citizens of the need to devote America’s industrial effort to building weaponry in order to "crush Hitler and his Nazi forces."

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