Key figures of the Battle of Shanghai, how the battle unfolded over a three-month period and the years of war that followed and recollections of men and women who experienced these events as foreign children living in Shanghai.
Robert Wright and Kenneth Moore, medics with the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division -- "Screaming Eagles" -- recount basic training, parachuting into Normandy, France, and providing first aid to the first casualties of D-Day.
Retired U.S. Army officer James Megellas, the most highly decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division, visits Europe's World War II battlefields and memorials with his family, friends and fellow veterans.
The beginning of World War II is traced to 1931, when Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Kanji Ishiwara precipitated the Mukden Incident and invaded Chinese-controlled Manchuria.