Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company -&- Snipers: One Shot - One Kill (A&E, May 25, 27)

A&E Television ^ | 5/20/06

[Libloather]

Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company®

“Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company ”
Rated: TVPG
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Genre: Movies
Closed Captions: Yes

Upcoming Airings:
Thursday, May 25 @ 9pm/8C
Friday, May 26 @ 1am/12C
Saturday, May 27 @ 8pm/7C
Sunday, May 28 @ 12am/11C
Sunday, May 28 @ 1pm/12C
Monday, May 29 @ 8am/7C
Monday, May 29 @ 2pm/1C
Saturday, June 03 @ 11am/10C

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Featuring candid interviews and never-before-seen video, we tell the story of the hardest hit combat unit of the Iraq war. Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, a reserve unit out of Columbus, Ohio was deployed to Iraq from February 28-September 30, 2005. This two-hour documentary captures significant moments from their tour of duty, including dramatic combat missions. COMBAT DIARY: THE MARINES OF LIMA COMPANY provides an unprecedented and harrowing window into the harsh reality of war.

[Libloather]

Snipers: One Shot--One Kill®

“Snipers: One Shot--One Kill ”
Rated: TVPG
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Genre: Movies
Closed Captions: Yes

Upcoming Airings:
Saturday, May 27 @ 7pm/6C

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Statistics prove it's damned hard to kill an enemy soldier on the battlefield. That's why the U.S. Marine Corps urges its best marksmen to become snipers--human machines, inhuman patience and precision. From distances up to 3 miles, tomorrow's Marines train to neutralize enemies with one shot from their rifles--a shot that can mean the difference between peaceful surrender and bloody assault. We journey from Vietnam to Africa and Eastern Europe to observe these snipers watching...waiting...firing.

http://www.aetv.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=163358

[SandRat]

MARINE PING

[VOA]

bump

[AprilfromTexas]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll watch for it this week.

[Libloather]

I'm Air Force - but recognize all others...

Amazing people.

[IGOTMINE]

The A&E special is on now.

[Libloather]

The A&E special is on now.

I missed most of it, darn it. From what I did see, even Syrian perps entering Iraq have papers resembling passports.

I wonder if the US Senate is watching what I'm watching...

[airborne]

When you care enough to send the very best!

[MJY1288]

After watching this documentary it makes all this back biting around here seem quite trivial.

God Bless our Troops and God Bless Lima Company

[titus33]

We need more shows just like this. These people should be talked about and remembered forever. I'll repeat your words.....God Bless Lima Company....TRUE Heroes.

[litehaus]

"When you care enough to send the very best!" Yes INDEED!

[Sensei Ern]

I saw it on the on TV guide, but I figured it was another lefty film showing grieving parents and troops saying, "What are we over here for?" so I skipped it. I'll have to watch tomorrow's show 'cuz I love watching snipers.

[AngryJawa]

I saw it and thought it was very good. I sensed no real political slant at all.

Of course, Lima Co. was featured exactly because they lost so many men - and one Sgt. basically said so to the interviewer. But the film really did a good job outlining Lima's accomplishments as well as their losses.

God bless those men.

[pawdoggie]

But the film really did a good job outlining Lima's accomplishments as well as their losses.

Agreed. The documentary also provides some insight into what may be going down with the "Marine massacre"/Murtha story. There was a clip in which a sergeant said, in the aftermath of a fight that produced some heavy casualties, that he was tempted to pull the trigger on a 16 year old (military age) Sunni, but "something" stopped him.