Battlefield Diaries

Season 1

This series features personal accounts from soldiers, sailors, and airmen to provide compelling, first-hand stories of war.

Where to Watch Battlefield Diaries • Season 1

8 Episodes

  • D-Day: First Men In
    E1
    D-Day: First Men InRecalling D-Day and the invasion of Normandy.
  • The Raid at Cabanatuan
    E2
    The Raid at CabanatuanThe Japanese attack on Manila, just hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
  • Last of the Buffalo Soldiers
    E3
    Last of the Buffalo SoldiersKorean War missions involving the Army's 24th Regiment are detailed.
  • Lam Son 719
    E4
    Lam Son 719Operation Lam Son 719, a 1971 South Vietnamese offensive (with U.S. air support) in Laos that was aimed at taking out a North Vietnamese supply route.
  • Battle of Al Khafji
    E5
    Battle of Al KhafjiThe first major battle of Desert Storm, at the Saudi Arabian coastal town of Al Khafji.
  • Ambush in Iraq
    E6
    Ambush in IraqThe first days of the Iraq War, when the 1st Marine Division raced to Baghdad.
  • Just One Man
    E7
    Just One ManOn April 2, 1972 an American combat jet, call sign Bat 21, was blown apart by a North Vietnamese missile. Of the six men on that plane, just one survived, the navigator, Lt. Col. Iceal "Gene" Hambleton.
  • Kiowa Down
    E8
    Kiowa DownOn September 4, 2004, while en route to recover a downed Kiowa helicopter and rescue its two pilots, troops from Scout Platoon and B Company of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment found themselves in the midst of a brutal firefight. Iraqi insurgents, hoping to capture the chopper and its crew, relentlessly bombarded the approaching U.S. forces with rocket-propelled grenades and 60mm mortar fire. Hear actual testimony from the men involved as they bring this particularly fierce engagement to life and reveal its surprising outcome.

 

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