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Veteran's Day | November 2025

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Jennifer Wieland
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Remember and honor the veterans who have served our nation as they speak out in interviews and images endeavoring to shed light on America's covert war in Laos during Vietnam. Learn the experience of three Filipino-American veterans as they trace their paths from war to erasure by the U.S. Government. Solve the mystery of the Green Box full of clues which lead a young boy on a lifetime search for a father he never knew.  Then enjoy unforgettable performances by opera superstar Angel Blue, jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, and Trace Adkins himself in a Salute to Service.

Long March
Sunday, November 2, 2025, 6pm

Three Filipino-American veterans trace their paths from war to erasure by the U.S. Government, marching from an obscured history to the Federal courts, right up to the steps of Congress in search of promises denied. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 11/02/2025 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 11/03/2025 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 11/06/2025 @ 1:00 PM
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America’s Secret War
Monday,  November 3, 2025, 8pm

While the United States was publicly engaged in the Vietnam War, a secret conflict was raging just next door in the country of Laos. Under the command of the CIA, a full-blown military operation engulfed Laos, with a select few of the U.S. Armed Forces participating. At Long Tieng, a secret airbase in the heart of Laos, the CIA trained an army of allied guerilla fighters including a large number of the Hmong people (an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand), to assist in destroying enemy supply lines. The hour-long documentary AMERICA'S SECRET WAR uncovers the history of this covert war through the stories of Hmong elders and a rich collection of never-been-seen archival images, maps and documents, including recently declassified CIA intelligence. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 11/03/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 11/04/2025 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 11/08/2025 @ 4:00 AM

Green Box: At the Heart of War
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 9pm 

Hidden secrets launch a son's life-long quest to discover a father he never knew. Revealed: a WWII pilot's journey from a passionate romance to a heroic doomed air battle; imprisonment in a famous POW camp; a death march across Germany; and unexpected tragedy. The story's intimate personal details of war speak to the archetypal trauma faced by veteran families of all eras. Martin Sheen narrates. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 11/06/2025 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 11/07/2025 @ 12:30 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 11/07/2025 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 11/08/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 11/08/2025 @ 5:00 PM
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Two Wars: The Road to Integration
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 11am

Since the earliest days of the Republic, African Americans have been part of the nation's fighting force and fought to defend the very freedoms they could not enjoy as citizens. TWO WARS: THE ROAD TO INTEGRATION is a half-hour program documenting the tremendous endeavor to integrate the U.S. Armed Forces and what that meant for Black service members and their families. In 1948, President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, integrating the U.S. Armed Forces. TWO WARS features interviews with historians, veterans and family members who trace the journey taken by Black service members before and after integration. 

  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 11/08/2025 @ 11:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 11/11/2025 @ 10:30 PM

Corpsmen! Pearl Harbor
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 3pm 

Harry Chandler arrived at Pearl Harbor in September 1941, serving as a United States Navy Corpsman. He believed his time in Hawaii would be paradise, a stark contrast to the cold winters of New England. However, on December 7, 1941, Harry's world was shaken by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oahu. On that "Day of Infamy," his duty became saving lives and retrieving charred bodies from the harbor's waters. CORPSMAN! PEARL HARBOR, narrated by sports commentator Jim Nantz, follows Harry's story on that day and the days that followed America's sudden entry into WWII, while also examining the role of corpsmen and medics during the war. 

  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 11/08/2025 @ 3:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 11/10/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 11/16/2025 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 11/17/2025 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 11/18/2025 @ 1:00 AM

Breaking Enigma
A World War II Game Changer
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 4pm

The breaking of Germany's top-secret Enigma Code at Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom was one of WWII's biggest secrets, alongside the construction of the atomic bombs. Some historians estimate that deciphering the German military code shortened the war by two years and possibly saved 14 million lives. Though the Enigma was deemed unbreakable, a British mathematician named Alan Turing spearheaded the initiative to achieve the impossible and succeeded unbeknownst to the German military. Narrated by Keith Morrison of Dateline and filmed on location in England and the United States, BREAKING ENIGMA: A WORLD WAR II GAME CHANGER tells this heroic story in detail through a combination of interviews with historians, veterans and modern scientists. 

  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 11/08/2025 @ 4:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 11/10/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 11/13/2025 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 11/14/2025 @ 12:30 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 11/14/2025 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 11/15/2025 @ 2:30 AM

Final Landing on Iwo Jima
Sunday, November 9, 2025, 6pm

A "then and now" look at the Japanese island at the heart of a brutal WWII battle, A FINAL LANDING ON IWO JIMA follows two men as they visit the historic war site. One is a 100-year-old veteran of the 4th Marine Division who returns to Iwo Jima for the final time after being wounded there in the savage battle decades earlier. The other is the son of a marine who has spent decades searching for details of his father's time on the island with little luck. He finally visits Iwo Jima to piece his dad's wartime puzzle together. Narrated by sportscaster Jim Nantz, the film details events leading up to, through and after the Battle of Iwo Jima via veteran interviews, archival material and recreations. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 11/09/2025 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 11/10/2025 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 11/12/2025 @ 12:00 AM
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Salute to Service 2025: A Veteran’s Day Celebration 
Monday, November 10, 2025, 8pm

Country music legend Trace Adkins joins the U.S. Army Field Band to host Salute to Service 2025: A Veterans Day Celebration. Featuring unforgettable performances by opera superstar Angel Blue, jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and Trace Adkins himself. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 11/10/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 11/11/2025 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 11/12/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 11/12/2025 @ 12:00 PM

The Last 600 Meters
The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah
Monday, November 10, 2025, 9pm

The battles of Fallujah and Najaf in 2004 were the two deadliest battles of the Iraq War. This film tells the story of these battles, not through narration, but through the words and deeds of those who fought there. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 11/10/2025 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 11/12/2025 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 11/12/2025 @ 6:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 11/12/2025 @ 11:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 11/13/2025 @ 7:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 11/15/2025 @ 11:00 AM

American Heart in WWI 
A Carnegie Hall Tribute
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 7pm

Experience this electrifying live theatrical event, created and narrated by historian John Monsky, that brings America's WWI story to life through a dynamic fusion of breathtaking music, powerful storytelling and unforgettable characters. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 11/11/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 11/13/2025 @ 3:00 AM

To Be of Service
Sunday, November 23, 2025, 5:30pm

The effect of war is profound for all the players engaged in the conflict. Veterans returning home may experience a disconnect from the world they once inhabited and struggle to function. Some veterans come home with a psychological injury called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In TO BE OF SERVICE, viewers meet several veterans with PTSD and the service dogs helping them return to the world. Through these deeply bonded relationships, viewers experience the duality of violence and redemption through the lens of addressing recovery from the trauma of warfare. 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 11/23/2025 @ 5:30 PM