Korengal - DVD

The Medal of Honor is awarded for Inchconspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States.Inch This 6 part documentary chronicles the highest award given to military personnel for their extreme bravery, valor and harrowing sacrifices. Covering the Civil War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, learn about the most courageous acts performed by the people who fight for American freedom. You'll discover the history of the award and it's recipients through live re-enactments, interviews and archival footage. These are their stories... THE CIVIL WAR in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton first authorized a new medal, known now as the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government to her Soldiers & Sailors. The first awardees were members of the famous train-stealing InchAndrews RaidInch party, and this episode also explores some of the first American-Americans to win distinction in battle with the Medal of Honor. WORLD WAR ONE Sergeant Alvin C. York of the U.S. 82nd Division is probably the most famous Medal of Honor recipient and his combat experience is detailed here. As is the epic story of Corporal Freddie Stowers who was posthumously awarded the medal seventy-three years after his 1918 action. Marine John Henry Pruitt was a rare awardee who received both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor for his action. WORLD WAR TWO / EUROPE Medal of Honor awardee First Lieutenant Robert Waugh is one anchor story for Episode Three, along with African-Americans and Lieutenants Vernon Baker and John R. Fox fighting the German Army in the Italian Campaign. In addition, the Medals of Honor awarded for actions on D-Day, June 6, 1944 are documented in great detail. WORLD WAR TWO PACIFIC United States Marine and Arm

The awesome destructive power of war in the Twenty First Century. This astounding, highly acclaimed documentary, reveals as never before, the overwhelming power of twenty first century warfare and the technology employed. As the allied military machine rolled forward, to drive the invading Iraqi armies out of Kuwait they unleashed a storm of firepower never before witnessed in human history. Truly they unleashed an irresistible Desert Storm that swept all before it. This 1994 documentary was created in the turmoil of battle. It rolls forward with the tank commanders, it stands behind the launch crews as they their devastating missiles, and it flies with the pilots as they line up their sights on their helpless targets. Desert Storm marked a new departure in the annals of warfare, the beginning of scientific warfare. (52 minutes - 1994 -Color - 4 3)

What lengths would you go to in order to ride a bicycle? Following a new generation of young Afghan women cyclists, Afghan Cycles uses the bicycle to tell a story of womens rights - human rights - and the struggles faced by Afghan women on a daily basis, from discrimination to abuse, to the oppressive silencing of their voices in all aspects of contemporary society. These women ride despite cultural barriers, despite infrastructure, and despite death threats, embracing the power and freedom that comes with the sport. Afghan Cycles follows members of the National Cycling Team in Kabul, and young riders in the Bamiyan region who are using mountain bikes to commute to school and run errands. For all of them, the bicycle is a symbol of freedom. But sometimes, the danger and obstacles can prove too much, as we learn when one of the main characters flees to France to secure a better situation and future for herself and her family.