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This is hallowed ground, scene of one of the notorious and saddest events in the history of war. Im oliver north. This is war stories. During world war ii, this was the site of camp odonnell. It was here in the spring of 1942 that the death march came to an end. For the survivors already suffering from disease and malnutrition, their ordeal was just beginning. In the next 40 days, more than 1600 of them would die at the hands of their brutal captors. During world war ii, over 130,000 u. S. Soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and guardsmen fell into the hands of our nations enemies. 17,000 of th...

Its completion by december of 1943. But allied bombings on ports in burma had exposed japanese ships and cargo to attack. There was one solution. The railway would have to be finished sooner. The japanese ushered in a time period called speedo in october 1943. And thats when the death toll on the railway accelerated. Speedo which meant out came the whip in a big way. Everything had to be done double speed. Move three meters of rock in one day. From now on its six meters. The pace became horrific. Guards using whips and bamboo rods on the men, beating them sometimes so they dropped on the track...

Here in northwest iraq, american troops are fighting the war on terror and helicopter gunships such as this armed uh1234 are essential for the troops fighting a fe moeshs adversary. 1968 half a world away, this aircrafts predecessors supported 6,000 marines and soldiers in the northwest corner of another country. Vietnam. Vastly outnumbered, the americans stood firm for 77 days enduring unrelentless attacks, heavy casualties and dwindling suppliee. Its a story i know well because i was a rifle platoon commander on a ridge overlooking khe sahn not long after the siege. Tonight, those who lived ...

I was a problem because the aircraft couldnt land much of the time. It was too dangerous. Even the c123s a little bit, you know, faster getting in and out werent able to come in. None of khe sahns weapons range the artillery targeting the baae. The guns far away on sheer stone cliffs on a mountain in laos called corock. It even survived blistering aerial bombardment. The guns were wheeled in caves when they being used to. If he could turn off aerial resupply, he could eventually achieve what he did. The base commander refused to let that happen. Tony was the t gent. He was out and about the ar...

Well before the fight to Liberate Mosul began in midoctober 2016, military experts warned could this be a very bloody affair, certainly been that and a whole lot more. Now, a war stories team is once again on the front lines of what may well be the last major battle against isis in iraq. Looking at these images of mosul before and after isis, its easy to forget the promise this city once represented to a free iraq including arab muslims, sunni and shia, kurds, christians and yazidis. Its being described as the most complex military operation since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003 by u. S. Le...