Veterans Day

• PROFILES OF COURAGE, CONTROVERSY & SACRIFICE

  Through fascinating WWII footage, this fresh, new look and rapid-fire video tackles controversial subjects with candor and objectivity while defining one of America's most challenging eras.  This video is divided into four programs for easy viewing: "Why Pearl Harbor?"   "Home Front USA"   "Minority Units"  and  "The Atomic Bomb".

  Minority Units -  Set against the backdrop of major WWII battles, this segment explores the roles, contributions and the sacrifices of African American, Japanese-American and Native American units in the U.S. Armed Forces. 

Through rare and unusual film footage, you'll experience the excitement and drama of the The 10th Mountain Division: "America's Elite Mountain Division". This video goes far beyond the unit which is still active. In the end, this unique mountain climbing combat outfit battered the Germans out of their last mountain stronghold in northern Italy and cleared the Adige Line. 

 RT: 45 minutes. B/W.

The remarkable story of the U.S. Navy's most versatile ship: the destroyer, comes to life. From 1902 through the modern era, this video shows in detail the destroyers. Nicknamed "Tin Cans" in WWII, they hunted U-Boats, led the way in the island hopping war in the Pacific and defended air craft carriers from Kamikaze onslaught. Hard to find video.

RT: approx. 30 minutes. B/W.