HERO SHIPS

A LOU REDA PRODUCTION airing on the HISTORY CHANNEL INTERNATIONAL Beginning on May 26, 2008, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm (EST)Plus Battle History of the Marine Corps - 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, and 5:00 pm (EST)

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Beginning Memorial Day weekend, History Channel International will premiere the first three episodes of “HERO SHIPS”, a 13 part series of one hour programs featured in high definition with gripping interviews and an insider’s look into the real stories told by the sailors who were

there.

Ahoy:



This is the information I received from the History Channel after several telephone calls to the President of the History Channel. As you will note the program Hornet will not appear for several weeks after Memorial Day.



Stu



Featured Ships:

USS ARIZONA (8:00 pm EST) – Hero ships salutes the USS Arizona, an innovative warship entombed at the exact spot where over 60 years ago Japanese bombers halted her combative efforts, sinking just minutes into battle. The USS Arizona is a national cemetery as well as national monument with 900 crewmembers buried within the vessel.

USS ENTERPRISE (9:00 pm EST) – The original Enterprise, CV-6, gained immortality as “The Big E” of WWII. But despite her glorious history, she was sent to the yard, only to be redeemed in the 1957 launch of CVN-65, the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier. Today the USS Enterprise remains on the high seas and in the front lines of

America’s military engagements.

LST’s (10:00 pm EST) - “Landing Ship Tanks” weren’t deemed noble enough even to have names. They were not

thought of as warships even though they were always the first floating metal to touch fire-swept beaches from North

Africa to Iwo Jima. The story of these ships is therefore one of an unsung hero, as it reveals not just the considerable

war-long battle action of one ship, but exemplifies the collective saga of a class that had absolutely no military precedent before the first keel was laid in June of 1942.

The remaining 10 episodes featuring other great Naval Vessels: Constitution, Yorktown, Laffey, Jeremiah O’Brien, Texas, New Jersey, Nautilus, New York, Hornet, and Samuel B. Roberts will air throughout the following weeks.