EVERY SUNDAY Biography

Meet the trailblazers, trendsetters, and architects of change. It’s the remarkable story of real people who made a real impact, from small towns to around the globe.

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November 30, 2025

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Biography

John Paul Jones: Captain of the High Seas

The story of the swashbuckling hero of the American Revolution. With the daring of a real-life Errol Flynn, Jones defeated the British navy and became the darling of Paris society.

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Biography

George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier

After the Civil War, Custer goes west to fight Native Americans and takes a last stand at Little Big Horn against Sitting Bull and the Sioux Nation. Woven into this story of Custer, the historical figure, is the intimate life he shared with his wife Libbie--a passionate, devoted woman who mythologized her husband after his death.

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Story Feature

America's Five Star Heroes: Gods of War

The careers and World War II triumphs of the nine generals and admirals who achieved 5-star rank in the U.S. military.

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Perspectives

Billy Mitchell

The story of a brave WWI flying ace who faced his toughest battle after the war ended when he took on the military establishment.

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Biography

Richard E. Byrd

The adventurer, poet, and philosopher was the first man to fly over the North and South Poles. He explored more uncharted land than anyone before him.

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Perspectives

General George Patton

He was the flamboyant battlefield leader whose exploits made the papers and whose military strategies stirred controversy and admiration.

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Biography

Chester Nimitz

The story of Commander Nimitz, a WW2 naval hero who welded a shattered fleet into a hard-hitting force and turned the tide in the Pacific.

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Biography

Douglas MacArthur: Return of a Legend

Follows the life of an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II (1939-1945), oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan, and led United Nations forces in the Korean War (1950-1953). A larger-than-life, controversial figure, MacArthur was talented, outspoken, and in the eyes of many, egotistical.

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