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Memorial Day 2023

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Honoring Memorial Day

PBS NC and the North Carolina Channel air stories of service, sacrifice and remembrance in honor of Memorial Day. Watch PBS's annual National Memorial Day Concert Sunday evening and join us for more profound stories airing Monday. 

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National Memorial Day Concert

Sunday, May 28, 8 PM on PBS NC
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This annual concert and remembrance, hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise, is one of our audience's most watched shows all year. With all-star performances and tributes from Washington, D.C., the 34th annual event will continue to honor our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country. 

The National Memorial Day Concert (2023)

The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli

Sunday, May 28, 8 PM on the North Carolina Channel
Monday, May 29, 10 AM on the North Carolina Channel
Monday, May 29, 3:30 PM on PBS NC
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Narrated by country music superstar Darius Rucker. We return to Ramitelli airfield in Italy to chronicle the legacy of World War II's famed Tuskegee Airmen, African American pilots who helped break stereotypes and helped win World War II with their incredible fighter escorts of American bombers.

Full Film | The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli

The Seabees on Iwo Jima

Sunday, May 28, 9 PM on the North Carolina Channel
Sunday, May 28, 11 PM on PBS NC
Monday, May 29, 11 AM on the North Carolina Channel
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Narrated by CBS Sports' Jim Nantz. The Seabees on Iwo Jima focuses on the United States Naval Construction Battalions in World War II, which built all the infrastructure for the Allies in Europe and the Pacific in WWII. The Seabees were construction workers by trade but had to fight at times. Their motto was "We Build, We Fight," and their biggest test came in the battle for Iwo Jima in 1945.

Full Film | The Seabees on Iwo Jima

Home, With Honor

Monday, May 29, 4:30 PM on PBS NC
Monday, May 29, 10 PM on PBS NC
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This documentary explores one North Carolina's community's efforts to honor its Vietnam War veterans. The town of Garner invited The Wall That Heals to remember those who died in Vietnam, to honor those who went to Vietnam, and to educate those people who know little about the sacrifices made by our Vietnam War veterans.

Full Film | Home, With Honor

The Wall That Heals

Monday, May 29, 5 PM on PBS NC
Monday, May 29, 10:30 PM on PBS NC
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Hear the stories of seven North Carolinians who served in the Vietnam War. 1,612 people from the state died in the conflict, including the youngest U.S. serviceman to die in the war and one of the eight women. Thousands of Vietnam veterans with post-trauma stress or other disabilities find relief at “The Wall That Heals,” a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Full Film | The Wall That Heals

Unconditional: Healing Hidden Wounds

Sunday, May 28, 10 PM on the North Carolina Channel
Monday, May 29, 2 PM on PBS NC
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Unconditional: Healing Hidden Wounds is a revealing film about the arc of mental health that challenges 50 million families each year. It is a film that shows us how mental health is not what we think it is. It comes in hundreds of shades and in places we do not notice. Filmed over seven years, three families explore what a hidden wound is and how to talk about it.

Full Film | Unconditional: Healing Hidden Wounds

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