Legendary journalist Tom Brokaw says he wrote his best-selling book 'The Greatest Generation' for those who lived through World War II. What Tom didn't expect was the impact the book had on the children of that generation. Watch as Tom shares how baby boomers have told him the book healed old family wounds.

In 1956, 16-year-old Tom Brokaw was working at a local radio station in Yankton, South Dakota, on the night of the presidential election. Watch as Tom reveals why he still thinks of the smallest tasks he performed that night every time he anchors the election night coverage for NBC News.

Legendary journalist Tom Brokaw says he came out of high school "a real whiz kid." It was another story, he says, when he started at the University of Iowa. Watch as Tom reflects on what he learned when he was forced to drop out of college and shares what world event helped him get motivated again.

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, legendary journalist Tom Brokaw was the only one of the Big Three American anchors on the scene. Watch as Tom reveals how he made that happen and what it felt like to be there.

As a new college graduate, journalist Tom Brokaw was newly married to a doctor's daughter and desperate for a job. Watch as Tom reflects on starting out making $100 a week in Omaha, Nebraska, and from there going on to cover the civil rights movement in Atlanta, rubbing elbows with celebrities while reporting in Los Angeles, and finally covering international stories with NBC News in New York City. Plus, hear why Tom says that, through it all, he and his wife always kept one thing in mind: "We are still just two kids from South Dakota."

Growing up in rural South Dakota, legendary journalist Tom Brokaw discovered his passion for news at an early age. Through it all, he remained grounded, which he credits in part to the values he learned as a child. 'I've often said that I had my father's balls, my mother's brains and their common heart,' he says. Watch as Tom reflects on his nearly 'perfect parentage' and why even as a boy he always wanted to know what was going on beyond the Great Plains.

Friends thought a serious reporter like Tom Brokaw was taking a risk when he chose to work on the 'Today' show, a program that skews more heavily toward entertainment. It was there he met the 'indefatigable' Barbara Walters. Find out what joke broke the ice between them and how he feels about Barbara today.

At the same time legendary journalist Tom Brokaw was made anchor of 'NBC Nightly News,' fellow reporters Peter Jennings and Dan Rather assumed their own anchor roles at ABC and CBS, respectively. Watch as Tom reflects on their journey from working reporters to anchormen and reveals why satellite technology allowed them to stay true to their roots.

The morning of September 11, 2001, legendary journalist Tom Brokaw received a call at home saying a small plane had hit the World Trade Center. Watch as Tom shares his surprising first instinct, reveals where he was when he heard the second plane had hit, and reflects on the unspoken pact he had on the air with co-anchors Matt Lauer and Katie Couric.

On the morning of September 12, 2001, legendary journalist Tom Brokaw got home at 1 a.m. after covering the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. After pouring himself a whiskey and water, he says, he fell asleep at 6 a.m., only to be awakened by more sad news. Watch as Tom opens up about that day and his emotional release.