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3) A son's vow
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"Lukas and Darla had been close friends until her father caused the fire that killed five Amish men, including himself and the mill owner, Lukas's father. Now Lukas is responsible for the mill and his three siblings. But when he learns Darla's brother is taking his anger out on Darla, Lukas can't simply stand by and watch"--
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"Love always endures the test of time. After a devastating fire pitted their families against each other, high school sweethearts Phoebe Ritter and Aidan Payne were torn apart. Twenty years later, Aidan is called back to Blessings, nervous about confronting his painful past. And that's BEFORE he knows about the nineteen-year-old secret Phoebe has been harboring all this time. As Aidan tries to make up for lost time with the family he didn't know he...
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Lesley Sharp narrates this episode, which illustrates the scale of the sacrifice made by ordinary people during the 20th century's two world wars. With footage of recruitment and training for the Great War; soldiers going over the top in the trenches; celebrations at the end of World War One; the evacuation of 300,000 men from Dunkirk in 1940; Hurricanes taking off during the Battle of Britain, and the London Blitz.
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Provides information about the 24 permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil for veterans of the Mexican War, World War I, and World War II. Includes details, such as the geographical setting, historical significance, directions, and hours, for each of the cemeteries.
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Irrepressible individualist and iconoclast Pat Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract in May 2002 to enlist in the United States Army. Deeply troubled by 9/11, he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in Afghanistan. Though obvious to most on the scene that a ranger in Tillman's own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered...
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There's little love in eight-year-old Tom Bedford's life. His parents are old and remote and the boarding school they've sent him to bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. The only comfort he gets is from his fantasy world of Cowboys and Indians. But when his sister Diane, a rising star of stage and screen, falls in love with one of his idols, the suave TV cowboy Ray Montane, Tom's life is transformed. They move to Hollywood and all his dreams...
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During the Civil War, the Union and Confederate armies shot millions of rounds of ammunition. In the arsenals of the North and South, the job of restocking their supplies fell to the gunpowder girls. These young women and girls - some as young as nine - were mostly poor immigrants new to America. They worked long hours handling dangerous chemicals with little training. On several occasions, someone's carelessness led to disaster.