From the Book - First edition.
Ordinary people: Thomas and Eileen Broderick ; Charles O. Van Gorder, M.D. ; Wesley Ko ; James and Dorothy Dowling ; Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond ; Lloyd Kilmer ; Gordon Larsen ; John "Lefty" Caulfield
Home front: Charles Briscoe ; Dorothy Haener
Heroes: Bob Bush ; Joe Foss ; Leonard "Bud" Lomell
Women in uniform and out: Colonel Mary Hallaren ; General Jeanne Holm ; Marion Rivers Nittel ; Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach ; Alison Ely Campbell ; Margaret Ray Ringeberg ; Mary Louise Roberts Wilson
Shame: Martha Settle Putney ; Johnnie Holmes ; Luis Armijo ; Nao Takasugi ; Norman Mineta
Love, marriage, and commitment: John and Peggy Assenzio ; The Dumbos ; Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson ; Jeanette Gagne Norton ; Daphne Cavin
Famous people: George Bush ; Ben Bradlee ; Art Buchwald ; Andy Rooney ; Julia Child ; Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion ; Chesterfield Smith ; Al Neuharth ; Maurice "Hank" Greenberg
The arena: Mark Hatfield ; Robert Dole ; Daniel Inouye ; Caspar Weinberger ; Lloyd Cutler ; George Shultz ; Arthur Schlesinger ; Ed Guthman
The twilight of their lives.
Thomas and Eileen Broderick --
Charles O. Van Gorder, MD --
James and Dorothy Dowling --
Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond --
Romeo club: retired old men eating out --
John "Lefty" Caulfield --
Women in uniform and out --
Three women and how they served --
Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach --
Margaret Ray Ringenberg --
Mary Louise Roberts Wilson --
Love, marriage, and commitment --
John and Peggy Assenzio --
Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson --
Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion --
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg --
Disc 1. Introduction (10:50)
Thomas Broderick, soldier (6:00)
Thomas Broderick, family man (6:41)
Charles Van Gorder, D-Day (9:41)
Charles Van Gorder, country doc (5:57)
Jeanette Gagne Norton (11:15)
Home front: Gertrude Elion (9:00).
Disc 2. Heroes: Bob Bush (6:50)
Bob Bush, businessman (9:43)
Joe Foss, governor (11:02)
Women in uniform: Margaret Ringenberg (4:26)
Margaret Ringenberg, racer (6:45)
Shame: Johnny Holmes (11:36)
Johnny Holmes, Chicago (6:22)
Nao Takasugi, internment (8:52).
Disc 3. Nao Takasugi, released (6:52)
Love & marriage: the Assenzios (7:30)
The Assenzios: post-war (5:15)
The arena: Bob Dole (9:04)
Bob Dole: disabled vet (6:58)
From the Book + DVD - 2004 Random House edition.
The time of their lives --
Thomas and Eileen Broderick --
Charles O. Van Gorder, MD --
James and Dorothy Dowling --
Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond --
John "Lefty" Caulfield --
Women in uniform and out --
Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach --
Margaret Ray Ringenberg --
Mary Louise Roberts Wilson --
Love, marriage, and commitment --
John and Peggy Assenzio --
Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson --
Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion --
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg --
