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For programs designed solely for children:

TV-Y (All Children -- This program is designed to be appropriate for all children.) Whether animated or live-action, the themes and elements in this program are specifically designed for a very young audience, including children from ages 2-6. This program is not expected to frighten younger children.

TV-Y7 (Directed to Older Children -- This program is designed for children age 7 and above.) It may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the developmental skills needed to distinguish between make-believe and reality. Themes and elements in this program may include mild fantasy or comedic violence, or may frighten children under the age of 7. Therefore, parents may wish to consider the suitability of this program for their very young children. Note: For those programs where fantasy violence may be more intense or more combative than other programs in this category, such programs will be designated TV-Y7-FV.

For programs designed for the entire audience, the general categories are:

TV-G (General Audience -- Most parents would find this program suitable for all ages.) Although this rating does not signify a program designed specifically for children, most parents may let younger children watch this program unattended. It contains little or no violence, no strong language and little or no sexual dialogue or situations.

TV-PG (Parental Guidance Suggested -- This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.) Many parents may want to watch it with their younger children. The theme itself may call for parental guidance and/or the program contains one or more of the following: moderate violence (V), some sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).

TV-14 (Parents Strongly Cautioned -- This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.) Parents are strongly urged to exercise greater care in monitoring this program and are cautioned against letting children under the age of 14 watch unattended. This program contains one or more of the following: intense violence (V), intense sexual situations (S), strong coarse language (L), or intensely suggestive dialogue (D).

TV-MA (Mature Audience Only -- This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.) This program contains one or more of the following: graphic violence (V), explicit sexual activity (S), or crude indecent language (L).

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Series Title & Description

12:00 am

(30 minutes)

World War II Battlefront
Battle of Norway
TV-PG, CC

In early 1940, Norway, with its strategic location and access to important natural resources, became a prized target of both the German and British navies. Both countries would fight to be the victor.

12:30 am

(30 minutes)

World War II Battlefront
Fall of Singapore
TV-PG, CC

In the fall of 1941, the Japanese imperial army sets its expansionist gaze on the impregnable British colony of Singapore. It was a key component in Japan's quest for control of the Pacific. For the British, it was a defeat as great as Pearl Harbor.

1:00 am

(30 minutes)

World War II Battlefront
Retaking France
TV-PG, CC

The summer of 1944 brought one of the most critical points in the European theater of war. Allied forces were pushing the Germans back but didn't have enough supplies to continue. The operation depended on a daring mission known as the red ball express.

1:30 am

(30 minutes)

World War II Battlefront
Battle of Malta
TV-PG, CC

As Italy entered the war in June of 1941, her first target became the British held island of Malta. This tiny rock in the Mediterranean was the most bombed country of World War II, but neither the Maltese nor the British were giving in.

2:00 am

(60 minutes)

Wings Over the Gulf
In Harm's Way
TV-PG, CC

During Desert Storm, Pan Avia's Tornado GR-1 flew daring, low-level bombing missions to destroy Iraq's heavily-defended airfields. Grumman's A-6, first introduced in the late 50s, also continued to prove effective.

3:00 am

(30 minutes)

World War II Battlefront
Liberation of the Philippines
TV-PG, CC

In late 1944, General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines as Americans began the final push to retake the islands after two years of Japanese occupation. It would be a bloody confrontation with one of the highest body counts of the war.

3:30 am

(30 minutes)

World War II Battlefront
Burma: The Forgotten Front
TV-PG, CC

As Japanese armies advanced through Burma to take India in the spring of 1944, they met resistance from British forces determined to push them back. Japan's goal of conquest, instead, became a retreat which took the lives of 50,000 men.

4:00 am

(30 minutes)

4:30 am

(30 minutes)

5:00 am

(30 minutes)

5:30 am

(30 minutes)

6:00 am

(60 minutes)

Wings Over the Gulf
First Strike
TV-PG, CC

In Operation Desert Storm, the F-15 Eagle and the F-117 Nighthawk changed the face of war. The F-15's radar locates targets 100 miles away and the F-117's stealth technology gives it the advantage of surprise.

7:00 am

(60 minutes)

Wings Over Vietnam
The Jolly Greens
TV-PG (V), CC

The brave crews of the Jolly Greens lived their motto "that others may live" by routinely risking their own lives, repeatedly hovering into heavily defended jungle terrain to pluck fallen comrades from the clutches of North Vietnamese troops.

8:00 am

(60 minutes)

9:00 am

(60 minutes)

Combat Zone
Battle of Najaf, Iraq
TV-PG (LV), CC

Najaf, Iraq 2004 - The Imam Ali Shrine, a Shiite holy site, was off-limits to US and Iraqi coalition forces, but that didn't stop insurgents from holing up there. Marines had to fight hand-to-hand to take out arms and fighters hiding in the cemetery.

10:00 am

(60 minutes)

Combat Zone
Ambush in Hawijah, Iraq
TV-PG (LV), CC

Hawijah, Iraq 2004 - Fort McHenry, the US Military's Forward Operating Base outside Hawijah, suffered egregious attacks in Operation Iraqi Freedom. To protect the new Iraqi police, on August 7 the Army enters the town square - and into a kill zone.

11:00 am

(60 minutes)

Pearl Harbor In Color

TV-PG (V), CC

Travel back to Pearl Harbor and hear interviews with people who lived through the attack. Rare, live footage documents the events of that fateful morning. See a remarkable reunion between America's first Japanese POW and his American captors.

12:00 pm

(60 minutes)

Pearl Harbor: Death of the Arizona

TV-G, CC

The destruction of the U.S.S. Arizona by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 was the defining moment for America's entry into World War II. Rarely-seen footage shows the entire sequence of events, and a National Park Service dive team explores the wreck.

1:00 pm

(60 minutes)

FutureWeapons
Maximum Impact
TV-PG, CC

Sinister? Ex-Navy SEAL Richard Machowicz goes in search of the biggest and baddest weapons that can kill en-masse. In a breathtaking display of firepower, Maximum Impact reveals the most powerful conventional weapons yet devised.

2:00 pm

(60 minutes)

3:00 pm

(60 minutes)

4:00 pm

(30 minutes)

Around The Services
Episode 277
TV-PG, CC

This half-hour daily newscast provides up-to-date military news from top defense officials and military service branches from around the world.

4:30 pm

(30 minutes)

World War II Battlefront
Pearl Harbor
TV-PG, CC

On December 7, 1941, during a two-hour sneak attack on the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Japanese Navy pilots scored a near-complete victory. Almost 85% of the American fleet was either damaged or destroyed.

5:00 pm

(60 minutes)

Wings Over the Pacific

TV-PG, CC

The Pacific air war of World War II is reviewed--from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Learn about both American and Japanese planes, and hear first-hand accounts from some of the pilots who flew them.

6:00 pm

(60 minutes)

7:00 pm

(60 minutes)

8:00 pm

(60 minutes)

Secrets of Pearl Harbor

TV-PG, CC

Beneath Pearl Harbor and the waters of the Bikini Islands four vessels lie in dark tombs. When hard-nosed underwater specialists return from their first dives to these wrecks, they describe the palpable and haunting sense of lives lost, honor and awe.

9:00 pm

(60 minutes)

Myths of Pearl Harbor
Part 1
TV-PG, CC

Every American knows that the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the United States on December 7, 1941. What most Americans don't know, however, is that an American Navy vessel actually fired the first shot that morning.

10:00 pm

(60 minutes)

Myths of Pearl Harbor
Part 2
TV-PG, CC

Every American knows that the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the United States on December 7, 1941. What most Americans don't know, however, is that an American Navy vessel actually fired the first shot that morning.

11:00 pm

(60 minutes)

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