After Columbus discovered America, Spanish adventurers stumbled onto a strange new world where boys were born to fight and warriors ate their foes.

In the year 1160 CE, Japan's two greatest clans fought a war of annihilation. They would follow the path of honor or death - the way of the samurai.

Despite their peaceful manner, Chinese monks knew 100 ways to kill a man. They were the Shaolin masters of the deadly art of Kung Fu.

Behind its peaceful facade, Hawaii was a battleground. No chief ruled supreme, but one would try - daring to link the chain of islands by force.

In 1862, contrast emerged between the Union's control of the Confederate's western half and the east. Lee prepared an incursion into Union territory.

At the end of the civil war's second year, 1862, Union forces control all but one stretch of the major waterways surrounding Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Gettysburg is a turning point in the war. The Union's eventual control here would be a defining moment that impacted the trajectory of the entire war.

Union and Confederate armies fought in a bloody battle. Victories had bolstered Union forces, but the Confederates earned a hard-fought victory.

The year 1864 marked the fourth year of the war, and after major Union victories, President Abraham Lincoln looked to bring a swift end to the war.

The family of WW2 survivor Raymond Haerry travels 5,000 miles to return to Pearl Harbor to place their father's ashes back aboard the battleship.