Memorial Day themed special tv programming, 2016...

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Here's a Sunday and Monday special (all the way through Monday night) of small screen tributes, remembrances and commemorations honoring our veterans and those lost on too damn many battlefields.

LIVE MUSIC — FESTIVALS & CONCERTS 'n such, and MUSIC NEWS — are in the May 27th edition, right here on the site at a separate click.

This is a SEPARATE edition, with
MEMORIAL DAY TV PROGRAMMING...

Plus, repeated from the May 27th edition,
"REMEMBERING WHY IT'S MEMORIAL DAY" following the tv listings.


4:30-7:30 pm "INSIDE WORLD WAR II" (2013) brings firsthand accounts with archival footage for more than 50 testimonies from American, British, German, and Soviet servicemembers. On NatGeo.

6-7:15 pm "GLORY" (1989) is a classic and a fine tribute to the African-American US "Colored Troops" in the Civil War. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

5:30 pm "FALLUJAH: ART, HEALING, AND PTSD" (2016) is the story of former Marine Christian Ellis, whose experiences in Iraq i  2004 inspired the opera "Fallujah." Presented as an episode of "Artbound." On KCET.

6-7 pm "HEROES ON DECK: WORLD WAR II" (2016) chronicles the US Navy training operation on Lake Michigan where 15,000 pilots trained to land and take-off from makeshift aircraft carriers. On KLCS. (Also on other channels at other times.)

6-9 pm-midnight "MIDWAY" (1976) is the big screen rendition of the miraculous WW II naval victory by vastly outnumbered US forces against the Japanese juggernaut. A fictional subplot with Charlton Heston is rather silly. Otherwise quite accurate. On Sundance West.

★★★★ 7:15-10:15 pm "THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES" (1947) is without question the ultimate movie for Memorial Day. You must see this film. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

7:40-8 pm "SANDS OF WAR" (2015) is the overlooked story of the Desert Training Center, established by General George Patton in the Mojave Desert to prepare one million soldiers to enter the battle and win World War II.  On KCET.

7:30-10 pm "RED TAILS" (2012) is the big-budget movie about the pioneering breakthrough by African-American fighter pilots in WW II, when black service members were relegated to menial jobs. The movie was panned by critics, but if you don't know the story, you should. On NatGeo.

8-9:30 pm "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" (2016) is this year's musical extravaganza tribute from Washington, DC. On KOCE, aka PBS SoCal.

9 pm-midnight "MIDWAY" (1976) is the big screen rendition of the miraculous WW II naval victory by vastly outnumbered US forces against the Japanese juggernaut. A fictional subplot with Charlton Heston is rather silly. Otherwise quite accurate. On Sundance.

9:30-11 pm "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" (2016). Late repeat on KOCE, aka PBS SoCal.

9-10:30 pm "INTO HARM'S WAY" (2011) chronicles the West Point class of 1967, which was thrown into the meat grinder of Vietnam. On KCET.

10:15 pm-12:30 am "M*A*S*H" (1970) is the film from the book that unintentionally launched the tv series. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

10:30-11:30 pm "HEROES ON DECK: WORLD WAR II" (2016) chronicles the US Navy training operation on Lake Michigan where 15,000 pilots trained to land and take-off from makeshift aircraft carriers. On KCET. (Also on other channels at other times.)

11 pm-midnight "HALLOWED GROUNDS" (2009) is a tour of WW I and WW II US military cemeteries overseas, with stories and photos of men and women who rest in them. On KOCE, aka PBS SoCal.

Midnight-1:30 am (Monday) "RED TAILS" (2012). Latenight repeat, on NatGeo.

Midnight-3 am (Monday) "MIDWAY" (1976). Latenight repeat on Sundance West.

★★★★ 12:30-3:15 am (Monday) "THE BIG PARADE" (1925) is an early film classic and a landmark anti-war statement on par with "The Red Badge of Courage" and "All Quiet on the Western Front." You must see this film. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

12:40-2 am (Monday) "INTO HARM'S WAY" (2011). Latenight repeat on KCET.

1:30-2 am (Monday) "EYEWITNESS WAR" (2013) is about a small group of US troops in Afghanistan. On NatGeo.

2-3 am (Monday) "DICK WINTERS: HANG TOUGH" (2012) profiles the genuine WW II hero of "Band of Brothers" who lived 1918-2011. On PBS+.

2-6 am (Monday) "BATTLE FOR THE ATLANTIC" (2010) id a four-episode marathon of the WW II naval series. On Smithsonian Channel.

2-3 am (Monday) "HEROES ON DECK: WORLD WAR II" (2016). Latenight repeat on KCET.

3-4 am (Monday) "ESCAPE IN THE PACIFIC: 1943" (2014) recounts the the 1943 escape from a brutal Japanese POW camp. On PBS+.

3-4 am (Monday) "ULTIMATE WARFARE" (2013) is an episode of the series, this one about US Marines under dirge for 77 days at Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968. On AmHeroesCh.

3:15-6 am (Monday) "BATTLE CRY" (1955) is adapted from Leon Uris novel of Marines in WW II. Critics hated it. The public loved it. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

4-5 am (Monday) "D-DAY: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM" (2007) brings five veterans back to Omaha Beach, where 9,387 of their comrades are buried. On PBS+.

4-5 am (Monday) "ULTIMATE WARFARE" (2013) is an episode of the series, this one an analysis of thr WW II Battle of the Bulge. On AmHeroesCh.

5-6 am (Monday) "OMAHA BEACH: HONOR AND SACRIFICE" (2015) brings veterans discussing D-Day. On PBS+.

5 am-6 pm (Monday) "WORLD WAR II IN COLOR" (2009) is a marathon of the entire series. On AmHeroesCh.

★★★★ 6-8:30 am (Monday) "SERGEANT YORK" (1941) won the Best Actor Oscar for Gary Cooper as real-life WW I Conscientious Objector hero Alvin York who singlehandledly captured 132 Germans in one day. You must see this film. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

6-7 am (Monday) "NAVY HEROES OF NORMANDY" (2009). On PBS +.

7-8 am "D-DAY 360" (2014) is a documentary that uses LiDAR technology for battlefield archaeology. On PBS+.

8-11 am "AMERICAN WAR STORIES: VIETNAM" (2016) is all three parts of the series. On PBS+.

8:30-11:15 am "55 DAYS AT PEKING" (1962) tells the epic story of a multinational occupying military force besieged by indigenous Chinese in the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. Strangely resonates with today's conflicts. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

11 am-5 pm REPEATS of various programs already listed. On PBS+.

11:15 am-2:15 pm "THE GREAT ESCAPE" (1963) is an absolutely classic war movie. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

2:15-5 pm "THE GUNS OF NAVARONE' (1961) is considered a war classic, but it's an improbable plot with a lot of shooting and explosions. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

4-5 pm (Monday) "DEBT OF HONOR: DISABLED VETS" (2015) chronicles how the US has treated our veterans from the Revolutionary War to the present. On PBS World.

★★★★ 5-6 pm "JEREMIAH" (2015) is the story of POW hero Jeremiah Denton who underwent repeated torture. On PBS World.

5-7:46 pm ""WHERE EAGLES DARE" (1969) is considered a war classic, but it's predictable with a lot of shooting and explosions. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

6-8 pm (Monday) "STORMING NORMANDY" (2015) is both parts of the series about D-Day, the allied invasion to liberate Europe from the Nazis. On AmHeroesCh.

7:45-10:15 pm "KELLY'S HEROES" (1970) is a goofy romp that projects Vietnamesque characters into WW II. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.

8-9 pm (Monday) "WORLD WAR II IN COLOR" (2009) is a repeat of the final episode of the series. On AmHeroesCh.

9-11 pm (Monday) "STORMING NORMANDY" (2015) repeats. On AmHeroesCh.

10:15 pm-12:30 am (Monday-Tues) "DARBY'S RANGERS" (1958) is the tale of the pioneering US commandos who spearheaded the WW II Allied invasion at Anzio, Italy. Without commercials on Turner Classic Movies.



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(Repeated from the May 27th edition)
# 11 news feature...


REMEMBERING WHY IT'S MEMORIAL DAY


Let's take at least a moment to remember the men and women who wear uniforms and put their lives on the line. While we can argue, quite reasonably, about whether any given conflict should have happened, those in uniform must answer the call when it comes.

It has always been so. Thus, the forerunner of Memorial Day came about to honor Civil War dead. And then all those who followed them. Now, we are rapidly losing the remaining members of "the Greatest Generation" who fought and won World War II. Many alive this Memorial Day will not see next year's.

All the veterans of World War I have passed. Those who endured and survived Vietnam are joining their dead comrades.

We must never again confuse a war with the warriors who entered into their contract of military service because they were willing to risk their lives to keep us safe. It doesn't always turn out that way, given boneheaded actions on the international stage and greed and quests for power by those who should not have it.

But that must never stop us from honoring all our living veterans and all those who died in battle. And those lost in unresolved turmoil of an unseen, unending battle that continued in their mind. Or who have passed after doing their duty to military service, and then in civilian life.

We always like to take this occasion to honor all those who do faithful service in any uniform. Firefighters, law enforcement. Park and forest rangers. And all who have fallen doing those jobs, as well.

Thank you for your service.


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