a vietnamese farmer's entire world is a thatched hut, a small rice paddy, his wife and children. past quarter of a century, his village has been a battleground. completely isolated by viet cong destroyed villages and mined roads. the vc wanted food, they took his rice. they wanted soldiers, they shanghaied his sons. his village chief objective was beheaded. his neighbors who protested were beaten. he can trust no one. the viet cong told him the marines would come to seize homes, murder children and enslave entire families. anyone who helped americans, the vc said, would be tortured and killed. so, quite naturally, trust and confidence grow slowly, nurtured by little acts of promises fulfilled. surely the stranger who binds one's wounds does not intend to murder and always the marines first question is "what can we do to help you?" when the viet cong have been driven out of the area, a combined action company is formed to provide security for the village. marines and south vietnamese popular forces, militia men from the village work and train together in this company. their patrol

the canvas, rice paddies covered in snow. two hours later beck and local people have created a piece of art measuring 400 square meters. >> translator: i think we did pretty well. i enjoyed drawing and adding shadows. >> translator: i think we can do this in vacant lots around town. >> i think in the future i shall move more into a teaching role. i hope snow art will become a popular worldwide activity and maybe in three years we'll have a snow art competition on these paddy fields and have a really big event. that would be really good. >> reporter: beck's creation melts at the onset of spring and become only memories, but he's created a lasting legacy among the people of this small japanese town. >>> let's take a look at the weather forecast for the weekend. >>> an airline marked girls day here in japan with a special flight service by an all female crew. japan airlines operate this is flight every year on march 3 to celebrate the day to honor girls and pray for their well-being. the pilot, co-pilot, cabin attendants and mec

and they're swimming in water no deeper than a rice paddy. >> eric: really? >> anthony: giant.been saying for years that peru was going to be the next big thing as far as -- >> eric: yes. >> anthony: -- restaurants and -- >> eric: and it is. this really proved it. >> pedro: and we have a chili pepper made with brazil nuts, and these are ants. >> eric: wow, they're huge. >> pedro: they are huge ants. >> eric: okay. you think i should try it? >> anthony: yeah, yeah, totally. you're not loving that, are you? >> eric: no. >> anthony: imagine you took a lot of acid and then you ate that whole bowl of ants, and then you go home and you experience violent diarrhea. and, like, you're tripping and it's like, 4:00 in the morning, and you turn around and you look at the toilet and like, all these ant heads floating around in there. it'd be cool. >> eric: yeah, it would be super cool, tony. i can't wait. [ anthony laughs ] >> anthony: so now that we've confirmed what we already knew, that peru's food is unequivocally awesome, it seems proper that we take a trip back in time to meet the for

a vietnamese farmer's entire world is a hut, rice paddy, and his wife and children. llage has been a battleground, completely isolated by destroyed bridges and mined roads. shanghaied his rice, his sons. the village chief objective and was beheaded. you can trust no one. the viet cong told him the marines would come to seize homes, murder children, and enslave families. anyone who helped americans, they said, would be tortured and killed. so quite naturally, trust and confidence grow slowly, nurtured by acts of mercy, promises fulfilled. surely the stranger who binds ones wounds does not intend to murder. 's firstthe marine question is, what can we do to help you? >> next on american history tv, the international spy museum historian discusses attempts by the u.s. government to overthrow or assassinate cuban leader fidel castro. he examined the bay of pigs and lesser-known plans involving poison, drugged coffee, and exploding cigars. the 90-minute presentation was