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We'll Meet Again

Join Ann Curry for a new series featuring dramatic reunions of people whose lives crossed at pivotal moments. View history through their eyes and hear stories of heroism, hope and the forging of unbreakable bonds.

The Fight for Women’s Rights

54m 20s

Join Ann Curry as two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. One of the first female commercial pilots wants to thank her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the woman who inspired her to join a movement.

Episodes

  • The Fight for Women’s Rights: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Fight for Women’s Rights

    S2 E6 - 54m 20s

    Join Ann Curry as two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. One of the first female commercial pilots wants to thank her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the woman who inspired her to join a movement.

  • Escape from Cuba: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Escape from Cuba

    S2 E5 - 55m

    Join Ann Curry as two men search for the people who helped them settle in the U.S. when they fled Castro’s Cuba. One hopes to find the family who took him in as a boy while another looks for the shrimp boat skipper who brought him to safety.

  • Korean War Brothers in Arms: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Korean War Brothers in Arms

    S2 E4 - 55m

    Join Ann Curry as Korean War veterans search for their brothers in arms. One wants to show his gratitude to two lieutenants who inspired him to be brave in battle, and the other hopes to thank a friend who boosted his spirits aboard a hospital ship.

  • Great Alaskan Earthquake: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Great Alaskan Earthquake

    S2 E3 - 54m 31s

    Join Ann Curry as two Alaskans try to track down childhood friends who also survived the state’s massive 1964 earthquake. A woman wants to thank a friend and her mom for shielding her from harm, and a man searches for a former Little League teammate.

  • Surviving the Holocaust: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Surviving the Holocaust

    S2 E2 - 54m 59s

    Join Ann Curry as Holocaust survivors search for those who gave them hope in the darkest days. One wants to find the friend he left behind when he didn’t move to Israel; the other hopes an old photo will reunite him with the girl who was his first friend.

  • Saved in Vietnam: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Saved in Vietnam

    S2 E1 - 54m 1s

    Join Ann Curry as two Vietnam veterans search for the heroes who saved them. An Army officer searches for the helicopter pilot who rescued him, while another soldier wants to reconnect with the surgeon who saved his leg from amputation.

Extras + Features

  • Episode 2 Preview | Surviving the Holocaust: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 2 Preview | Surviving the Holocaust

    S2 E2 - 30s

    Join Ann Curry as Holocaust survivors search for those who gave them hope in the darkest days. One wants to find the friend he left behind when he didn’t move to Israel; the other hopes an old photo will reunite him with the girl who was his first friend.

  • Episode 1 Preview | Saved in Vietnam: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 1 Preview | Saved in Vietnam

    S2 E1 - 30s

    Join Ann Curry as two Vietnam veterans search for the heroes who saved them. An Army officer searches for the helicopter pilot who rescued him, while another soldier wants to reconnect with the surgeon who saved his leg from amputation.

  • Roger Begins His Search for Dr. Katz: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Roger Begins His Search for Dr. Katz

    S2 E1 - 1m 51s

    Roger Wagner visits Dr. Norman Ritch at the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, where he is shown his medical record from Vietnam. The document charts Roger’s operation to save his leg and reveals the information Roger needs.

  • Dave Describes Meeting Bruce Grable in the Chinook: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dave Describes Meeting Bruce Grable in the Chinook

    S2 E1 - 5m 24s

    Dave Johnson and wife Judy describe their reaction to receiving news that Dave would have to serve a third tour of Vietnam in 1971. During this tour while conducting surveillance across the border in Cambodia, Dave's helicopter was shot down. Stranded in the jungle under enemy fire, Dave believed his time was up. But Commander Bruce Grable chose to fly his massive Chinook helicopter into danger.

  • Dave has a Breakthrough in His Search: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dave has a Breakthrough in His Search

    S2 E1 - 1m 10s

    Dave Johnson has reached out to the Helicopter Pilot’s Association in the hope that one of the retired pilots may know where Commander Bruce Grable went to after Vietnam.  It has thrown up a result, and now Dave has uncovered the current number and address for the retired helicopter pilot.

  • Meeting Dr. Katz in the MASH Hospital: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Meeting Dr. Katz in the MASH Hospital

    S2 E1 - 2m 25s

    Finance clerk Roger Wagner describes being wounded by enemy fire during a training session at the Long Binh Base in Vietnam in 1967.  Roger was transferred to a MASH hospital where surrounded by the wounded, many of them missing limbs. He was informed that he would most likely have to have his left leg removed in order to save his life.

Schedule

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