Watch this entire episode featuring lost WWII soldiers, the Dayak tribe of Borneo, and the soldier’s eventual rescue conceived by an eccentric British Major.

Timed for broadcast on the first anniversary of the attacks, this episode brings viewers first-hand survivor accounts, closed-circuit footage of the chaos from within the hotels and actual words spoken by both victims and terrorists.

See archival images, stills from reenactments, and images of the men today who lived "The Airmen and the Headhunters".

Read biographies of the contributors, authors, experts and producers who creates “The Airmen and the Headhunters” for Secrets of the Dead.

Watch this thrilling jungle adventure based on the book of the same title by Judith Heimann and featuring exclusive testimonies from the last surviving airman, veterans and Dayak heroes.

Barrett Tillman, an author and historian who appears in the film “Dogfight Over Guadalcanal,” discusses the art of the dogfight and the Guadalcanal campaign.

interview

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In this interview with Wetterhahn, learn about how his background as a crash investigator and in the US Air Force helped to uncover the truth about what happened in this historic dogfight.

interview

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While a dogfight can’t be reduced entirely to the distinctions between two machines, it’s necessary to look closely at the aircraft involved.

clues & evidence

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On August 7, 1942, the opening day of the Guadalcanal campaign, American forces began shelling Guadalcanal and neighboring Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.

background

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“Dogfight Over Guadalcanal” examines the showdown between 30-year-old Southerland in his Wildcat, and Saburo Sakai, 25, in his Mitsubishi Zero. Watch the full episode online.

episode

Posted: Jun 2nd, 2009  Comments: 3