Instructional Video9:40
Weird History

Tragedy Behind 'Burst of Joy' Photo

12th - Higher Ed
On March 13, 1973, photographer Slava 'Sal' Veder captured the moment that Vietnam war veteran and POW Lt. Col. Robert Stirm was reunited with his family. Stirm had been held in Vietnam for nearly six years, and this photograph came to...
Instructional Video10:12
Weird History

What It Was Like to Be a Civil War Prisoner - Camp Sumter

12th - Higher Ed
Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville prison, housed 45,000 captured Union soldiers during the Civil War. Conditions at Andersonville were so horrific that 13,000 soldiers perished, many from overcrowding, starvation, and exposure....
Instructional Video
Library of Congress

Loc: Webcasts From the National Ww Ii Reunion

9th - 10th
Webcasts from the Library of Congress about women in military medicine, the Navajo Code Talker, Tuskegee Airmen, and others. Requires RealPlayer.