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The "facts" of the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of Little Big Horn vs. the "fiction".

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Profiles of U.S. generals, including George Patton and Ulysses S. Grant. Also: a look back at the Roaring '20s and the lawlessness of the 1930s.

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True tales of women at war, including those that worked at manufacturing jobs, as WASPS, as computers, code breakers and spies and the 500 who died as a result of enemy action. Fact and fiction in historical photographs.

Discovering the real truth behind some of America's greatest landmarks.

Exposing the truth behind favorite Fall holidays Thanksgiving and Halloween.

Myths cloud the real facts of America's Civil War. The North's biggest city tried to secede; the Union didn't go to war to end slavery; most deaths weren't caused by battle wounds, and Grant and Lee didn't end the conflict; two other generals did.

America's medical history is infected with myths. George Washington's doctors may have inadvertently killed him; Abraham Lincoln used a toxic remedy that warped his mind; and heroin was once a best-selling cough suppressant.

Profiles of U.S. generals, including Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. Also: a look at Washington, D.C., landmarks.

On this special edition of America: Facts vs. Fiction, we explore the myths behind extraterrestrial spacecraft and we learn the truth of two pioneering flights.

Investigating the nation's most secret vaults to separate fiction from fact.

Profiles of Lewis and Clark; and Pocahontas. Also: a look at the women's suffrage movement.

The spotlight is on amusement parks and world's fairs to separate fiction from truth; explore the myths of two of our favorite holidays, Christmas and New Year's Eve.

The birth of America and the powerful people behind it are featured.

Hollywood's vision of the old west is explored. Included: the truth behind some of America's renowned rivalries.

The true stories behind America's most infamous bad guys; and the truths behind America's notorious secret societies are investigated.

The myths behind World War II are exposed. Delves into the truths that are often forgotten when it comes to America's Civil War.

The myths surrounding popular favorite vices and the facts behind the most-liked holidays are explored.

The myths behind some of history's most defining moments are uncovered, as well as revealing facts behind America's space explorations.

The science in America's history is examined, including its medical history and its nuclear age.