Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode Guide

Shooting Iwo Jima

S1 E1
Nov 12, 2009
Meet forgotten hero Bill Genaust, who captured on film the flag raising on Iwo Jima. Experience his fierce combat footage from World War II.

America in Space

S1 E2
Dec 21, 2009
Explore NASA's development from its founding in 1958 to its preparation for a moon landing. Tracing back to the birth of American space exploration, we recount the unshakable optimism of a time when space offered unlimited opportunities.

The Last Bomb

S1 E3
Dec 21, 2009
Take a perilous journey on one of the 21st Bomber Command's long distance, low altitude, daytime strikes over Tokyo during spring and summer of 1945.