US History

America’s Backpack Nuke – The Littlest Boy

America’s Backpack Nuke Many have heard of Little Boy and Fat Man, the nuclear weapons that were dropped on Japan[…]

Death Plan For An Island This episode from 1957 looks at the battle for Bougainville and Rabaul in 1945. The[…]

Abandon Ship – US Navy A wartime US Navy training film, narrated by Mike Wallace, that demonstrates techniques for emergency[…]

First Medal of Honor The History Guy remembers a desperate attempt to rescue soldiers besieged by Apaches which results in[…]

The Other Custer The History Guy remembers the first US soldier to receive two Medals of Honor, Thomas Custer, who[…]

Louisiana Stories In the 1960’s and 70’s thousands of Louisianans in uniform entered a world of combat in a war[…]

5 West Virginia combat Vietnam Veterans A documentary featuring the experiences of 5 West Virginia combat Vietnam veterans. Per capita,[…]

USS Ward Outdated and crewed by naval reservists, USS Ward played a unique role at Pearl Harbor and beyond. Her[…]

Saving Private Ryan The story of Saving Private Ryan is closer to fact than you might think. But the Niland[…]

Sunken Submarine This U.S. Navy film shows how a Sunken Submarine can be raised from the depths using pontoons and[…]