S1.E40 ∙ Colum McCann - Language

On the fortieth anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima, over three hundred Japanese and American veterans returned to the island together in peace.

Calling upon a devastating array of land, sea and air war-fighting systems, the US Marine Corps continues the proud tradition of those who valiantly fought and died at Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima and Khe Sanh. Understand what it takes to be the "best of the best", and witness some of the battles that forged the Marines' reputation after their formation in 1775.

Popasna is located in Luhansk in the Donbas region. In 2019, the battle threat is still in the air and many in the population have fled. Still, every morning the children go to one of the few elementary schools how is still stay open.

One of the few atomic testing operations ever to be conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense at both the Pacific Proving Grounds and the Nevada Test Site, Operation Hardtack combined balloon shots, surface shots, barge shots, underwater shots, underground shots, tower shots and missile shots.

How do you say goodbye to someone you love? How do you put your life on pause for a year? Does it ever get easier? Sergeant David Stanton is heading to Afghanistan. It is his third deployment. Rearview Mirror follows the Stanton family as they prepare (and try to ignore the constant countdown) to say goodbye to each other yet again. It follows the 8 months leading up to the dreaded goodbye. Rearview Mirror gives a perspective of what countless soldiers and families are experiencing each and every day.

Ahmad is a Syrian child who doesn't want to remember that he is Syrian. Half traumatized, half trying to escape his reality, he prefers to be silent and asleep. In his silence and refusal to talk, he takes us in a journey where individual and collective Syrian memories collapse.