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Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
American Experience
"Annie Oakley," an on-target profile of the sharpshooter.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
American Experience
Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the marshal responsible for taming the Wild West.
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About American Experience
Television's most-watched history series, American Experience has been hailed as "peerless," (Wall Street Journal) "the most consistently enriching program on television," (Chicago Tribune) and "a beacon of intelligence and purpose." (Houston Chronicle) On air and online, the series brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America's past and present.
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Special Film Project 153, produced by the Army Air Forces in 1945 and narrated by Hollywood actor and future president Ronald Reagan, is better known as Target Tokyo. The film follows the bombers' first mission, from crew training in Nebraska to deployment on the Pacific island of Saipan -- secured as an air assault launching point -- and then to Japan and the new aircraft's first bombing raid.
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