World War I Experience
Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood
Season 1, Episode 3
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TV-PG, 01-Jun-2018
Directed by Carolina Gratianne
Samuel Wilder King led a life of service. First, he was in uniform during WWI and WWII, he worked to minimize the internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, and after the war, he was one of the driving forces behind making Hawaii the 50th State of the Union.
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John Henry Balch: Congressional Medal...
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Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
Directed by Eliciana Nascimento
Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines.
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Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
Directed by Daniel Leonard Bernardi
Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hell Fighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultura...
