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Every date and fact in our videos and on this site comes from the sources below. Film and photos are US government works in the public domain unless noted. Spot an error? Tell us.

Leyte, October 20, 1944 · Out now

• Film: US Navy, Naval Photographic Center, 428-NPC-5802, "Bombardment & Invasion of Leyte Islands" (NAID 77670) and 428-NPC-5804, "Invasion of Philippines: Beachhead Scenes on Leyte" (NAID 77672), Oct 20, 1944. Public domain (17 U.S.C. 105).
• Map: United News newsreel "MacArthur Returns to the Philippines," 208-UN-126 (NAID 39033).
• Audio: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 1944 recording, MSU Vincent Voice Library, Voice 4334 ("No Copyright").
• M. Hamlin Cannon, Leyte: The Return to the Philippines (US Army CMH, 1954), Ch. V (HyperWar).
• Naval History and Heritage Command, "The Battle of Leyte Gulf".
• President Roosevelt, "Congratulations to General MacArthur," Oct 20, 1944 (American Presidency Project).
• MacArthur Memorial podcast, on the Sept 29, 1944 Brisbane recording.
• Music: "Risen" by Density & Time (YouTube Audio Library). Narration: AI voice (disclosed). Watch the Short.

Operation Torch, Nov 8, 1942 · Premieres Nov 5, 2026

• Film: United News / OWI newsreels 208-UN-26 (NAID 38931) and 208-UN-31 (NAID 38938); US color film 111-ADC-10129 (NAID 23891).
• Audio: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address to the French people, recorded Nov 7, 1942 (FDR Presidential Library, RLxA-96).
• Facts: US Army Center of Military History Pub 72-11; Naval History and Heritage Command (about 107,000 troops).
• Music: "The Road To Mordor" by Ezra Lipp (YouTube Audio Library). Narration: AI voice.

The Eleventh Hour, Nov 11, 1918 · Premieres Nov 8, 2026

• Film: US Army Signal Corps, "The Armistice, November 11, 1918," 111-H-1233 (NAID 24738).
• Facts: US Army CMH Pub 77-8 (Meuse-Argonne), pp. 69-70; National Archives, "The last American death in WWI" (Nov 9, 2018); US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, History of Veterans Day.
• Music: "Moon Vision" by Chris Haugen (YouTube Audio Library). Narration: AI voice.

Wings of Their Own (WASP), Nov 16, 1942 · Premieres Nov 13, 2026

• Film: "WASPS," Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 16, US Army Signal Corps, 1943, 111-ANSM-16 (NAID 36182).
• Facts: Public Law 111-40 (2009) findings (1,074 earned wings; first class Nov 16, 1942, Houston); Public Law 95-202 (Nov 23, 1977, veteran status); Texas Woman's University WASP Archive; US Army (army.mil).
• Music: "Cutscene Crush" by Blue Deer Studio (YouTube Audio Library). Narration: AI voice.

Tarawa, Nov 20-23, 1943 · Premieres Nov 17, 2026

• Film: "With the Marines at Tarawa," US Marine Corps, 1944, 127-MH-3527 (NAID 37448); US Navy 428-NPC-1176 (NAID 75866).
• Radio message: Maj. John F. Schoettel, 9:59 a.m., Nov 20, 1943, as quoted by the USMC History and Museums Division; read by an AI voice.
• Facts: Col. Joseph H. Alexander, Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa (USMC, 1993); National Park Service.
• Music: "Scale The Mountain" by Density & Time (YouTube Audio Library). Narration: AI voice.

Chosin Reservoir, from Nov 27, 1950 · Premieres Nov 24, 2026

• Film: US Army Signal Corps 111-ADC-10271 and 111-ADC-8579 (NAID 22344).
• Facts: Lynn Montross and Nicholas A. Canzona, U.S. Marine Operations in Korea 1950-1953, vols. III-IV (USMC Historical Branch, 1957).
• Music: "Risen" by Density & Time (YouTube Audio Library). Narration: AI voice.

Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941 · Premieres Dec 4, 2026

• Film: US Navy, "Actual Coverage of Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor" (filmed aboard USS Argonne), 428-NPC-21950 (NAID 81712); 428-NPC-1733 (NAID 76171).
• Audio: President Roosevelt, address to Congress, Dec 8, 1941, National Archives (NAID 1436350).
• Facts: National Park Service, "The Pearl Harbor Attack"; National Archives; State of Hawaii attack summary.
• Music: "The Road To Mordor" by Ezra Lipp (YouTube Audio Library). Narration: AI voice.

Site images

• MacArthur lands at Leyte, US Army Signal Corps, Oct 20, 1944 (public domain).
• WASP pilots and B-17, US Air Force, c. 1944 (public domain).