TV Guide American Heroes Channel Sunday

Exploring the lesser-known side of American history in the Star Spangled Banner, Statue of Liberty, Monopoly board game and pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart.

In the Cold War, U.S. military buried nukes near the USSR and had a double agent, weaponized weather in the Vietnam War, and used magic and inflated WW2 tanks.

Viewed are fallout shelters in World War II as refuge in the firebombings of Tokyo and the D-Day invasion, and the war's best kept secrets are revealed.

Overlooked facts on how Parks wasn't the first black woman to keep her bus seat, the Berlin Airlift had candy for kids, and a moonshiner made a war rifle.

An accounting of the rules that were bent and broken pertaining to the Civil War, the CIA, the American Civil Rights movement, and the advent of flight.

Classified operations of World War II, including covert units, unbreakable codes, underground operation centers, and super-human Navy SEALS, are studied.

During the course of the summer's end in 1944, the intrepid forces of Allied nations continued their invasion of northwest Europe while pushing towards Germany

American forces are discussed in relation to the invention of new wartime tactics, which resulted from attacks that turned the tide of WWII in the Pacific.

Grandiose parades, soaring speeches and passionate radio announcements from the Second World War are uncovered by military historians.

Archived material and expert commentary is brought together to provide proper perspective for Japan's dire situation during the mid-1940's.

The beginnings of the Second World War are seen as German troops invade Poland to kick off the world's most notorious international war.

An in-depth presentation is presented about the Tuskegee Airmen, the brave all-black fighter pilots that beat discrimination from their own military.

The story is presented of how Colonel Robin Olds, a World War II veteran airman, became the hero of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force.

Against the backdrop of World War II, United States Air Force Pilot Francis "Gabby" Gabreski makes it his personal mission to be the best there ever was.

The story is told of Canadian fighter pilot George Beurling, who was known to break the rules, but became one of the greatest fighter pilots of World War II.

The story is told of Britain's air ace Douglas Bader, whose squadron of Canadian fighter pilots went to battle against Hitler's Luftwaffe in July 1940.

In El Salvador, Lou delves into the world of the 18th Street Gang, exploring their war with MS-13 before meeting their notorious leader in prison.

Lou heads to the Philippines to meet up with the merciless prison gang, and after witnessing an initiation, he heads inside Bilibid Prison.

Host Lou Ferrente heads to New Mexico to explore the world of The Burquenos, a new and fast-growing prison gang, witnessing their recruiting practice and more.

In Naples, Italy, Lou meets up with one of the world's oldest and most powerful gangs, which was formed over 200 years ago and uses murder as a business tool.

An in-depth look into the hidden history of the destructive war between the Mafia and the Ku Klux Klan, two of the most violent groups within the United States.

In the 1930s, American Nazis plagued the United States, from rallies held at Madison Square Garden, to intricate plots involving the theft of weapons secrets.

As one of most highly-sought treasures of the world, gold has led man to often-deadly extremes in his pursuit of it, as profiled in this glittering episode.

The attack that changed the course of history, made heroes of ordinary men, and transformed how the United States would engage with war for the next 75 years.

An in-depth look into the hidden history of the destructive war between the Mafia and the Ku Klux Klan, two of the most violent groups within the United States.

In the 1930s, American Nazis plagued the United States, from rallies held at Madison Square Garden, to intricate plots involving the theft of weapons secrets.

As one of most highly-sought treasures of the world, gold has led man to often-deadly extremes in his pursuit of it, as profiled in this glittering episode.

The attack that changed the course of history, made heroes of ordinary men, and transformed how the United States would engage with war for the next 75 years.

Host Lou Ferrente heads to New Mexico to explore the world of The Burquenos, a new and fast-growing prison gang, witnessing their recruiting practice and more.

In Naples, Italy, Lou meets up with one of the world's oldest and most powerful gangs, which was formed over 200 years ago and uses murder as a business tool.