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Factory Sealed Brand New DVD Smithsonian Network; approx 3 hours, TV PG, Dolby Surround, closed captioned. OUr SKU B1A- (H-400-52) 5oz Remembering Vietnam-Wall At 25- Of all our nation's conflicts, the Vietnam War evokes the rawest emotions and has galvanized and divided Americans from the turbulent decade it helped define to the present day. In the quest to create a memorial honoring the 58,195 service members lost in our nation's longest and most controversial war, passions ran high. Some believed it would never be built. Yet out of the mayhem, a uniquely moving and beautiful monument emerged. Here is that remarkable story. Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25 presents decorated Vietnam veteran Jan Scruggs, whose vision in 1979 to build a Vietnam memorial was met with cynacism and opposition, and Maya Lin, the Yale undergraduate whose etched granite memorial was once called a black gash of shame, nearly halting the project. Now, 25 years later, Smithsonian Channel explores the very personal story of The Wall, from its unlikely beginnings to its current stauts as Washington, D.C.'s most-visited monument, drawing millions each year to grieve, pay tribute or heal old wounds. Day of the Kamikaze Suicide attacks have become a frightening modern-day reality. An unprecedented military strategy, conceived by the Japanese in a frantic effort to avoid defeat during the final months of World War II, suicide attacks resulted in over 150 allied ships damaged and more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed. Although ultimately unsuccessful, this strategy was an effective and demoralizing campaign that left American troops uneasy and filled with dread. Smithsonian Networks reveals never-before-seen film footage of Japanese kamikaze training, shares military footage, interviews veterans from both sides of the conflict, stages historic reenactments and shows you one of the world's only intact Kamikaze planes on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The award-winning Day of the Kamikaze documents the origins of kamikaze battle and shares true, eyewitness accounts of the biggest and bloodiest suicide attack in history over two days in 1945 when the Japanese launched Operation Heaven against the allied fleet in the Pacific. Eyewitness Kamikaze shares the personal stories of young WWII crewman, survivors who faced an almost daily onslaught of kamikaze attacks. In their own words, it's a story they will never forget .., nor will you.