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History Detectives

History Detectives investigate the history of a hand-drawn map, taken from the body of a Japanese soldier during the battle of Iwo Jima. Tuesday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD. by Colleen Greer

hist_det_japanese-map617x347 This map was found on the body of a Japanese soldier during the battle of Iwo Jima. What role did this map play in that pivotal World War II battle?
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Detective Eduardo Pagán investigates the history of a hand-drawn map taken from the body of a Japanese soldier during the World War II battle of Iwo Jima in the segment "Iwo Jima Map."


hist_det_copperhead_cane617x347 "Copperhead Cane”
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Then, in "Copperhead Cane," Wes Cowan follows the story of a cane topped with a coiled snake with ties to the anti-Abraham Lincoln group the "Peace Democrats." Cowan comes to Iowa to investigate whether this copperhead cane belonged to Henry Dean Clay, a passionate orator who railed against President Lincoln and the Civil War.


his_det_theremin617x347 Andy Baron plays his Theremin.
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Finally, in the segment "Theremin," Elyse Luray traces the origins of the Theremin - one of the first electronic musical instruments, it makes eerie, ethereal music, the kind that creates uncertainty and suspense in movie sound tracks. Luray finds out if a New Mexico man owns one of the fewer than a dozen Theremins in the U.S. built by Leon Theremin himself.

Tuesday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

History Detectives

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