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Did a Japanese map found during World War II play a role in the Battle of Iwo Jima? Then, tracing the Civil War-era history of a cane topped with a coiled snake. And, is an instrument owned by a New Mexico man one of the few built by Leon Theremin himself?
First, 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." 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." Finally, in the segment "Theremin," Elyse Luray traces the origins of the Theremin - one of the first electronic musical instruments - and 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.