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Many WWII naval recruits serving on U.S. ships had never been away from home. To strengthen their bonds, they organized colorful initiation rituals
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It's 1975, and a small Vietnamese civilian aircraft is desperate to land on the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier
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The U.S. developed the world's first nuclear submarine in 1954 - and the USSR felt pressured to respond
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Henny Sundø is a pivotal figure in the history of WWII Danish resistance. In 1943, aged just 19, she risked it all to make a daring journey in her boat
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In 1939, America's military was far from the powerful force it is today, with just 600,000 servicemen
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For the U.S., the Battle of Midway wasn't just a turning point in the Pacific, it was also a brilliant naval gamble that paid off in spectacular fashion
As news starts pouring in of an attack on the World Trade Center, concerned air traffic controllers begin to suspect the worst
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Life for the 110,000 Japanese-Americans living in internment camps was oddly surreal: they could work, study, pray, even join the military
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In a sandy gully, a school of razorfish are being stalked by an invisible predator and a master of disguise: the crafty cuttlefish
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In 1932, nine days after his inauguration, President Roosevelt signed an order authorizing the sale of beer
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Al Capone wasn't just one of the biggest distributers of bootleg alcohol during Prohibition, he also embraced his notoriety in some flamboyant ways
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The economic and infrastructure rebuilding of postwar Tokyo was nothing short of a miracle. It culminated with hosting the 1964 Olympic Games
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In 1923, Tokyo lay in ruins after the devastation of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Just seven years later, it was a city reborn
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A marauding polar bear is about to be returned to the the wild, as far away as possible from the town of Churchill
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Conservationists have tracked down a polar bear who has taken to venturing into nearby Churchill. The next step is to airlift him by helicopter
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Ricardo Moreno is on a mission to convince Panamanian farmers not to hunt jaguars, which they fear are preying on their livestock
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The San Gabriel Mountains lure lots of Angelenos looking for some quiet seclusion
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The San Gabriel Mountains lure lots of Angelenos looking for some quiet seclusion. One of the more famous was Leonard Cohen who spent five years there
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