Arizona Stories: World War II

Monday, Sept. 24, 2007

From the battlefield to the home front, Eight profiles the Arizonans — and Arizona communities — that were forever changed by the Second World War. Eight presents back-to-back stories exploring the struggles and conflict, the sacrifice and the bravery.

Featured stories:

American Legion Post 41, The Great Escape of ’44, Hispanic Flyboys, The Homefront, Ira Hayes, Navajo Code Talkers, The USS Arizona, WWII Internment Camps, Falcon Field, Silvestre Herrera, Arizona WWII Military Aviation, Women in the Navy

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'Professor T' Season 3

Professor T's first few days in a tough and unfamiliar new environment are a disaster, but will he cooperate with the efforts of his friends and family to help him? From Walter Presents, in Flemish with English subtitles.

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Follow a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives.

American Experience “The Polio Crusade”

Discover the story of a disease that gripped the nation in fear, leaving thousands paralyzed - and the ardent crusader who fought against it.