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A local exhibit highlights the harsh realities of the war.

The Hudson exhibit marks 50 years since Feb. 12, 1973, when the first POWs were released from the Hòa Lò prison in Vietnam.

A lifeboat crew going to the rescue of a stricken sailor arrived at the scene only to discover it was one of their own volunteers in trouble.

One of the newest museums in the town of Stow, Massachusetts, housed in a space the size of an airplane hangar, is home to some 50 fully restored tanks and armored vehicles. But the American Heritage Museum has a mission of remembrance not glorification. Special correspondent Jared Bowen, of PBS station GBH in Boston, has this story. It is part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

Chris Bergeron Daily News Correspondent Entering the American Heritage Museum, the first thing visitors see is the opening sentence of the Declaration of Independence, “When in the Course of human events ...” on the Orientation Theatre wall. Like soldiers rushing into combat, they will continue into an immersive "World War I Trench Experience" in which one of the few surviving M1917 6-ton tanks built in the U.S. leads an American-led force into battle. Welcome to a history lesson about courage, freedom and the military's role in protecting democracy with 40-ton tanks as teaching aids. Vis...