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What is Medal of Honor Day?
Medal of Honor Day takes place every year on the 25th of March. It celebrates brave U.S. military service people who went above and beyond to protect our way of life.
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Responsibility: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during the Second World War, Dwight D. Eisenhower had a duty to serve for the common good. On the eve of D-Day, the responsibility fell on his shoulders to wait – or to strike.
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Heroes in Training
Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo describes the thinking behind his Heroic Imagination Project, how all of us can consciously learn the social habits of heroism so that we can act heroically when a pivotal moment occurs.
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Preparing For Our Heroic Moment
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) describes how his extensive experience with how situational effects can trigger the dark side of human nature led him to “come into the light” and investigate how we might instead act heroically.
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Martha Gellhorn: The War Correspondent who Covered D-Day
One of the United States’ finest war correspondents, Martha Gellhorn battled sexism and misogyny to report on the D-Day landings during the Second World War.
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Musical Theatre's Most Iconic Duo | The Life & Times of Arthur Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan was one of those kids that made everyone hate themselves because while his friends were learning how to carry the one, he composed an anthem about weeping for Jerusalem on the shores of Babylon and he could play all of...
Schooling Online
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird - Context
Join us for a comprehensive lesson on the context of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird reflects the tensions in American society during the Civil Rights Movement. But the novel’s...
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The 442nd: The Most Decorated Regiment of the Second World War
Despite the racism they faced, the bravery and heroism of the Japanese American 442nd Regiment Combat Team made them one of the most decorated units in United States history.
History Hit
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan: West marches east
What happened in 1095? How are the crusades seen by those involved and those outside of it? The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 6
Bridgeman Arts
EDIT IMW877530 French soldier writing letter death in trenches bodies piled up on stretcher WW1 1915
EDIT IMW877530 French soldier writing letter death in trenches bodies piled up on stretcher WW1 1915
Bridgeman Arts
French soldier writing letter, death in trenches, bodies piled up on stretcher. WW1 1915
French soldier writing letter, death in trenches, bodies piled up on stretcher. WW1 1915
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Saga Of The USS Franklin
USS Franklin ablaze / crew fighting fires with hoses on the carrier deck / troops care for wounded / more explosions on ship / Father Joseph O'Callahan prays over injured man / crew hosing fire / explosion causes ship to one side.
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Congress Honors Officers who Responded to Attack
Members of Congress and the U.S. Capitol Police are honoring the five officers who responded when a gunman opened fire on lawmakers and others during a June baseball practice.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana...
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Congress Honors Officers who Responded to Attack
Members of Congress and the U.S. Capitol Police are honoring the five officers who responded when a gunman opened fire on lawmakers and others during a June baseball practice.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana...
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US Congress honors officers who responded to attack at baseball game
Members of US Congress and the U.S. Capitol Police are honoring the five officers who responded when a gunman opened fire on lawmakers and others during a June baseball practice.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of...
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Vietnam Vet Presented With Medal of Honor
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington DC - July 18, 20161. Kettles seated2. SOUNDBITE (English) President Barack Obama++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED++"May 15th, 1967 started as a hot Monday...
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Vietnam Vet Presented With Medal of Honor
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington DC - July 18, 20161. Wide of President Barack Obama and Lt. Col. Charles Kettles2. SOUNDBITE (English) President Barack Obama"May 15th, 1967 started...
PBS
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Narrators of a short video offer their rationale for why Catch 22 should be included in the Great American Read program. They touch on the key themes in Heller's satirical and sobering novel about Captain John Yossarian and the catch-22s...
PBS
1984 by George Orwell
Reverend Katrina Foster offers her rationale for why Winston Smith, the tragic hero of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, is her favorite literary character.
TED-Ed
Everything You Need to Know to Read Homer's "Odyssey"
Was there really a guy named Homer? Was the Odyssey written by one man or many? Are the stories original or a retelling of well-known myths? It may not contain all the information that viewers need to know about The Odyssey but this...