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World War II Veteran: Francis Toale
Francis Toale joined the Navy on September 6, 1942 and served in the 4th division aboard the U.S.S. Idaho until November 1945, after the war was over. 06:06
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World War II Veteran: Vernon "Bud" Hall
Bud Hall was in the amphibious forces in the Navy from “44 to ’46. 09:44
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World War II Veteran: Marvin Boyenga
Marvin served with the 475th Infantry and the Mars Task Force in the China-Burma-India theater, although he had trained in horse cavalry. 10:38
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World War II Veteran: Dick Blunt
Dick Blunt served aboard the U.S.S. Sumner. He was part of the shakedown cruise to Bermuda. 08:06
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World War II Veteran: Ben Colson
Ben Colson tells us that he grew up in the Marine Corps, enlisting at 17 and learning to obey. His first taste of combat was as part of the third wave on Iwo Jima with the 4th Marine Division 25th battalion. ... 11:11
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Please Vote For Me | PBS (#902)
In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, three eight-year-old students campaign for the coveted position of class monitor. This is the first election for a class leader to be held ... 03:30
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World War II Veteran: Willard Leon McCormick, Jr. (Mac)
Mac was in the 58th construction battalion, called the Seabees. After the Admiralty Islands, they joined the 6th Marine Division at Guadalcanal. Mac was with the heavy equipment. 14:17
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World War II Veteran: Martin R. Grandquist (Marty)
Marty Grandquist knew that he was going to be in the military as a child. He is a three wars veteran, serving in the Marine Corps, Army and Air Force 1943 – 1972. 08:52
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World War II Veteran: Curt Bauer
Curt Bauer of Ames, Iowa served in the Navy 1944 – 1946 aboard a supply ship to the Seabees. 07:59
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WIDE ANGLE | A Woman Among Warlords | PBS (#609)
In an Afghanistan emerging from decades of darkness, WIDE ANGLE follows Malalai Joya, a courageous woman who risked her life to win a seat in the country's first free parliamentary election. Through ... 02:48
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World War II Veteran: John Schnepf
John Schnepf served with the 11th Air Force as crew chief. John worked with the 54th Fighter Squadron in the Aleutian Islands.
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World War II Veteran: Ervin Bostwick
Ervin Bostick lived with his grandfather on a farm near Shenandoah and went to country school. He served aboard the USS New Orleans from 1938-1945.
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World War II Veteran: Dr. Kenneth James Gee
Dr. Kenneth Gee and a small cadre of people built a 3,000 bed hospital in Batangas, Philippines. They trained medics at Camp Grant who assessed wounded in the field throughout the Philippine Islands.
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WIDE ANGLE | The Dying Fields | Excerpt | PBS (#606)
At a moment when India is enjoying record economic growth, THE DYING FIELDS turns to the four million cotton farmers who have been left behind, struggling to survive on less than two dollars a day. WIDE ... 02:52
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WIDE ANGLE | The People's Court (clip 2) | PBS (#601)
The People's Court takes viewers inside the courtrooms and law schools of China to provide an unprecedented and unexpected portrait of its rapidly growing legal system. The documentary follows itinerant ... 04:15











