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Hosted by John Daly, this classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series reviews the history of courage among American fighting men and the Medal of Honor, which was developed in tribute to that quality. The periods of conflict examined in this video from the National Archives and Records Administration are the American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and...
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This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series gives viewers the ABCs of a year of crisis in Asia, Berlin, and Cuba. Narrated by Pentagon reporter Peter Hackes, this stirring, 30-minute color video from the National Archives and Records Administration tells how our Armed Forces meet every challenge and how Communism's guerrilla wars are now being combated by counterinsurgency, a major development of the year. Viewers will see President...
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September 11, 2001, is a day that is engraved in the minds of people all around the world, even if they were too young to remember that day themselves. The horrible terror attacks on that day changed the way the U.S. government dealt with terrorism and ushered in a new age of security. In this book, students will learn about the attack, which killed 189 both on Flight 77 and on the ground, as well as the ramifications of the attack. Their reading...
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"Over the last eighteen years, much has been written and said about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the profound impact they had on America and the world. But those names, stories, and memories have never before been collected in one place to tell the full, 360-degree story of what happened that day, and in the days after."
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In the past 15 years we have seen the Towers fall again and again in a series of powerful documentaries and TV shows. Movies have expertly rendered the courage of first responders and the passenger takeover on United Flight 93. But in the smoke of 9/11, one story still remains largely overlooked: the attack on the Pentagon...On September 11th, 184 people lost their lives at the Pentagon. Today many people are surprised to hear that the Pentagon was...
8) The Pentagon
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Describes the design, construction, history, and renovation of the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Department of Defense, as well as the terrorist attack on it on September 11, 2001.
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The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The security and freedom of billions of people around the globe depend on the D.O.D, yet to most Americans the Pentagon nothing more than an opaque five-sided box that they regard with a mixture of awe and suspicion. A former Secretary of Defense, Carter takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission,...