WNYC airs special Veteran's Day programming this weekend and Monday. The Radio Lab presents a one hour Veteran's Day Special. The hour is hosted by Jad Abumrad and features:

1) The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski, produced by Christina Egloff with Jay Allison for NPR's Lost and Found Sound.

In 1966, a 19 year old marine took a reel to reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam war. For two months, until he was killed in action, Lance Corporal Michael A Baronowski made 3 inch open reel tapes of his friends, of life in fox holes, of combat. He sent these audio diaries home to his family in Norristown, Pennsylvania. 34 years later, his friend and comrade Tim Duffie found those tapes. "The Vietnam Tapes" won the gold award at last year's Third Coast Festival winner & is featured in a Sunday, 11-10-02 New York Times feature.

2) Excerpts of "Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War," produced by Katie Davis for All Things Considered.

For Black servicemen, part of the pain and anger of Veterans Day is the memory of discrimination they faced in Vietnam. Cross burning, confederate flags, unfair duty assignments. Stories of Black servicemen, which include vivid and disturbing recollections, were gathered by journalist Wallace Terry in Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. The stories of five men are featured in this segment.

3) Excerpts from "War Comes To Twin Peaks," produced by Gary Covino and Frank Browning for Soundprint

On the verge of a potential second Gulf War, this documentary takes us back into the American psyche, 1991, as the United States entered its first major war since Vietnam. An amazingly relevant and revealing portrait of the American identity crisis during war.

Go to this week's Radio Lab show for more