One of Four

Relive the day-to-day actions of an unknown US Soldier in World War I, told through his own words from his diary found next to him after his death by a young French girl who witnessed his death and his bravery. Read how this 100-year-old diary brings a father and son back together by retracing his footsteps.

On a hot July day in 1918, along the banks of the Marne River in Northern France, an incredible tale of heroism, bravery, leadership, selflessness, and perseverance unfolds on a World War I battlefield. 

What begins as a simple drive becomes an intimate odyssey: late-night confidences, unexpected friendships, war memories that ache to be told, and secrets that demand reckoning. 

Tyler Brown, an imagery analyst at the National Geospatial Agency (NGA), analyzed imagery of the oil fields in Western Siberia and detected suspicious activity. His keen observation uncovers one of the best-kept secrets in modern history.