Tells the stories of different men and women, some famous and some not, who participated in World War I.

The cowboy: Fred Libby -- The daughter: Irene Curie -- The wordsmith: J.R.R. Tolkien -- The student: Walter Koessler -- The aviatrix: Katherine Stinson -- The family: young Roosevelts -- The red cap: Henry Lincoln Johnson -- The pitcher: Christy Mathewson -- The showgirl: Elsie Janis -- The kid: Ernest Hemingway -- The captain: Harry Truman -- The comedian: Buster Keaton -- The newlyweds: Lucian Swift Kirtland and Helen Johns Kirtland -- Afterword: "The war to end all wars".