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PEOPLE OF A CERTAIN AGE, YOU SAY THE WAR, THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH UNIVERSALLY THEN. >> WHEN DID YOU ALL START WRITING...
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WELL INTO THE EDITING AND WE FELT THAT WE COULD SEE IT KIND A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE NARRATIVE TUNNEL FOR THE FILM, JUST BEGIN TO EXPAND THE STORIES...
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FILM. >> HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO OTHER BOOKS WERE
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WRITTEN OR OTHER SERIES THAT THE OF DONE? >> WELL IN TERMS OF THE BOOK, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF BOOKS ABOUT PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM WERE DEAD. THIS ONE IS...
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FOR US. >> HOW DID YOU PICK THE PEOPLE YOU PROFILED? >> IT IS BEEN
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A LONG PROCESS. LYNN NOVAK TAMIKO DIRECTOR AND CO-PRODUCER OF THE FILM AND 13, ONCE WE IDENTIFY THEREFORE TOWNS, WE FOLLOW THE STORY OF THE SECOND...
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TOWNS WE WENT THERE, WE INTERVIEWED
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LOTS OF PEOPLE, TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IDENTIFIED THEM AS WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE GOOD SUBJECT TO INTERVIEW. LYNN DID MOST OF THE INTERVIEWS OF THESE...
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GEOFFREY WARD AND CAM BURNED COME FROM LIKE THAT ARIZONA. >> CALLER: I WATCH THIS SERIES, AND THEN STILL WATCHING IT. MICHAEL SERVED IN THE PACIFIC...
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WAR, THE THAT FROM AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, WHERE THE WORLD WAS REALLY DECIDED ON THE EASTERN FRONT. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> CALLER: THE GERMAN...
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GORE VERY MUCH IN THE TRENCHES OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TELL THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED, TO SPECULATE BUT OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD WE HAVE ENJOYED FOR...
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WE CONSCIOUSLY AND DELIBERATELY TICKET FROM AN AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW KNOWING FULL WELL THAT SO MUCH OF THE OTHER ACTION IS EXPLAINED IN THE BEGINNING...
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DIVIDED UP, A PACIFIC SHOW OR EUROPEAN
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SHOW. PEOPLE FOR WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. S P ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INTRIGUED ME IN THE BOOK WAS THE FACT THAT IN THE END OF THE ...
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| 00:05:14 |
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PERHAPS THE WORST WAS YET TO COME AND THE FACT THAT THE ATOMIC BOMB ENDED IT SO QUICKLY, NO ONE COULD HAVE KNOWN, EVEN THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHO AUTHORIZED...
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| 00:06:05 |
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THAT? WHY CAN'T WE TRIED IN OTHER COUNTRIES? NOT WORLD WAR II IS A JUST WAR OR ANSWER HER QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. >> I THINK WORLD WAR II WAS A NECESSARY...
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| 00:06:38 |
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WAS SPEAKING TO WHAT IS SUCH AN UNFORTUNATE ASPECT OF HUMAN NATURE. WHICH IS NOT ONLY OUR WILLINGNESS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH ARMED CONFLICT, BUT, OUR...
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| 00:06:53 |
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WAR PEOPLE RODE OUT
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FROM THIS TOWN IN KARNLS WITH PICNIC BASKETS THINKING WAR WAS GOING TO BE SOME DELICIOUS SPECTATOR SPORT AND FOUND OUT QUICKLY AS THEIR SONS AND HUSBANDS...
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| 00:07:57 |
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SOMEBODY ELSE
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AND CONFISCATED THIS TO USE AS FUTURE TACTICS AND WAS ALSO PROVOKED INTO THIS MY ANY OF THE INDUSTRIALISTS, AND ONE OF THEM WAS GEORGE BUSH'S GRANDFATHER,...
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| 00:08:32 |
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CORRECT. >> YOU'RE ON THE
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AIR. >>CALLER:. >> CALL INSPECTOR GO AHEAD. >>CALLER:
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YES. >> YOU'RE ON WITH KEN BURNS AND GEOFFREY WARD. >> YES. I WANT TO COMMEND MR. BURNS, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SOME
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| 00:08:45 |
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OTHER THINGS THAT HE HAS
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DONE AND HE HAS BEEN VERY FAIR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>CALLER: WHAT
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| 00:08:51 |
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I WANTED TO KNOW IS, I
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| 00:08:52 |
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DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ HIS BOOK
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YET. BUT
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I'M CONTEMPLATING DOING
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SO. AND I WANTED TO
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| 00:08:59 |
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KNOW, DID
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| 00:09:00 |
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HE GIVE ANY CREDIT TO THE BLACK SOLDIERS THAT WERE IN WORLD WAR II? BECAUSE SOMEHOW OR OTHER, THEY SEEM TO HAVE
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IGNORED THE
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CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE BLACK SOLDIERS GAVE TO WORLD WAR II. >> YES, MANAGEMENT. >>CALLER: PARTICULARLY MY HUSBAND, WHO WAS IN THE 761ST TANK BATTALION...
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| 00:09:38 |
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WAS
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LEON HOPTON. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CALLER. >>CALLER: THEY RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION AFTER 30 YEARS. >> 30 YEARS, YES, MA'AM, YOU WILL BE NOT...
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| 00:09:54 |
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THERE SEEMS TO BE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STORY IN ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THE EPISODES,
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| 00:09:58 |
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IF NOT EVERY EPISODE. AS I SAID EARLIER,
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| 00:10:01 |
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WE SET OUT TO TELECOM BAT EXPERIENCES
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| 00:10:04 |
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OF PEOPLE MOST OF WHOM COME FROM SEVERAL OF
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| 00:10:08 |
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OUR TOWNS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAME FORWARD AND WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE THEIR STORIES IN THE FILM AND WE WERE ALSO MINDFUL OF THIS TREATMENT AND IN NEARLY...
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| 00:10:44 |
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VETERANS A DAY. AND OF THE MAGNIFICENT HUMAN BEINGS THAT WERE KIND ENOUGH TO PERMIT US TO
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| 00:10:49 |
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BEAR WITNESS
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| 00:10:50 |
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TO THEIR TESTIMONY WE HAVE LOST A FEW PEOPLE, AND THAT IS -- WHAT GAVE OUR PROJECT THE URGENCY THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE THEM
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| 00:10:58 |
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BUT I THINK, THERE YOU HAVE IN THESE END PAPERS EXACTLY THE VERY SPIRIT OF THE BOOK AND THE FILM THAT JEFF AND -- GEOFF AND I AND LYNN NOVAK TRIED TO...
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| 00:11:53 |
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FORWARD FROM THOSE TOWNS AND COULDN'T TELL EVERY STORY BUT KNOW THERE IS AN URGENCY AMONG OTHER PEOPLE, IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, WHO WANT TO GET THEIR...
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| 00:12:03 |
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THEIR STORY AND MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T TOLD YOUR STORY AND YOU NOW THINK, WATCHING THE SERIES
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| 00:12:07 |
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OR READING GEOFF'S BOOK IT IS TIME TO TELL THE STORY AND YOU HAVE A REPUBLIC THAT IS ANXIOUS TO HEAR YOUR STORY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST...
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| 00:13:52 |
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UNTIL THE LAST ONE DIES. THERE ARE SO MANY
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| 00:13:55 |
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STARS. >> SAN DIEGO. GOOD AFTERNOON. >>CALLER: YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. JOAN LARSON. I WAS SIX YEARS OLD ON DECEMBER 7th, 1941. I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. I...
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| 00:14:16 |
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WAR FRONT. AND HOW MANY DIED
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| 00:14:18 |
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ON NORMANDY BEACH IN ONE DAY. MY FATHER AND TWO OF HIS FRIENDS WENT TO JOIN. THEY TOOK HIS TWO FRIENDS BUT WOULD NOT TAKE HIM. BECAUSE HE WAS A NEW...
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| 00:14:55 |
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COME HOME AFTER SEEING SOME FEROCIOUS ACTION. WE LOST 2500 AMERICANS JUST ON D-DAY AND OF COURSE THOUSANDS OF MORE IN THE STRUGGLES BEFORE AND AFTER...
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| 00:15:32 |
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PHILIPPINES.
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| 00:15:33 |
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DID YOU FIND -- I KNOW YOU COULDN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING. DID YOU FIND THAT THE ARMY NURSE STORY, THE ONES THAT DID SERVE, ABROAD, WAS INTERESTING? >>...
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| 00:16:02 |
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BOMBERS, AND THE HORROR OF THAT AIR WAR AND THEN OF COURSE HELPING TO REMOVE THE WOUNDED AFTER THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND FOR US, IT WAS A PARTICULARLY...
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| 00:16:55 |
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BOOK? >> IT IS
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| 00:16:56 |
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AT LEAST A REGULAR
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| 00:16:58 |
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BOOK! >> AND HEAVIER THAN A
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| 00:17:00 |
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REGULAR BOOK. >> IT IS
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| 00:17:01 |
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VERY HEAVY,
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| 00:17:02 |
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COFFEE TABLE SIZE. >> YES. >> FOR READING, NOT FOR LEAFING THROUGH. >> THEY'LL PICTURES IN HERE, A LOT OF BRUTAL PICTURES. >> YES, SNIR WHERE DID YOU...
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| 00:17:16 |
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ONE OF THE PRODUCERS REALLY FANNED OUT TO ARCHIVES FROM HUNDREDS OF
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| 00:17:20 |
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DIFFERENT SOURCES AROUND THE WORLD. WE
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| 00:17:22 |
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HAVE GOT FOOTAGE
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| 00:17:23 |
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FROM TOKYO, AND BERLIN AND MOSCOW
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| 00:17:26 |
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AND
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| 00:17:27 |
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LONDON. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM
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| 00:17:29 |
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ARCHIVAL SOURCES AROUND THE WORLD BUT, REALLY, OVER THERE,
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| 00:17:33 |
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OUR GLORIOUS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND MOST IMPORTANT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES WERE THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT STOPS THAT WE HAD AND THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO...
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| 00:18:21 |
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FRONT, SOMETHING LIKE 20 MILLION. >> YES,
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| 00:18:24 |
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SIR. Caller: AND
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| 00:18:25 |
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I WONDER WHEN YOU PUT ON A SHOW LIKE
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| 00:18:27 |
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THIS AND A BOOK LIKE
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| 00:18:29 |
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THIS, WOULD YOU EVER THINK TO YOURSELF,
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| 00:18:31 |
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MAYBE I'M PUTTING ON SOME KIND OF A
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| 00:18:33 |
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FRAUD, THAT A FEEL-GOOD FRAUD, LET'S GET AMERICA FEELING GREAT ABOUT OUR EFFORT IN THAT WAR WHEN IN FACT IT WAS REALLY SHAMEFUL, I MEAN, AMERICANS...
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| 00:18:44 |
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MOST OF THE FIGHTING WAS ON THE EASTERN FRONT AND WHAT IS MORE, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO FIGHT IN THE -- INVADE JAPAN, RATHER THAN FIGHT, THE AMERICANS...
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| 00:19:35 |
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JAPAN. AND
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| 00:19:36 |
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NOWHERE -- WE ARE VERY CAREFUL IN THE FILM TO EXPLAIN OUR LOSSES WERE NOT
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| 00:19:40 |
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AS GREAT AS THOSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES. BUT OUR EFFORT WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN WINNING THE ULTIMATE VICTORY. SO THAT IS -- SIMPLY MISREPRESENTS WHAT WE...
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| 00:20:13 |
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TO FIND IN AN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE UNIVERSAL HUMAN DIMENSION OF WAR THAT WOULD RADIATE OUT AND TOOK OUR FILM TO THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL AND THERE...
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| 00:20:53 |
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THAT BEGAN AT NOON ON SATURDAY. WE WILL BE AIRING THAT AT NOON ON SUNDAY. SO, A -- WORLD WAR II VETS I THINK BELIEVE SOME THAT YOU WORK WITH ON THE...
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| 00:21:47 |
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OF MINE AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN
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| 00:21:50 |
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ANXIOUS TO HAVE
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| 00:21:51 |
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YOUR
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| 00:21:52 |
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RELATIVES' PAPERS THERE. FAILING
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| 00:21:54 |
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THAT, LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT PERSON'S LIFE OR EVEN OUR OWN NATIONAL ARCHIVES I THINK WOULD LOOK AT IT. FIRST I WANT TO...
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| 00:22:51 |
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CALIFORNIA. >>CALLER: HELLO. >> HI. >>Caller: I'M KEN HARVARD, SR. ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI DURING THE WAR AND OF
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| 00:22:59 |
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COURSE, SURRENDERED DAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1945. >> YES, SIR KRFERBLING AND I'M A LITTLE BIT BURNED UP WITH THE GUY IN SAN DIEGO, COME ON,
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| 00:23:07 |
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PAL, I LOST NINE FRIENDS IN THIS AIR FORCE AND I KNOW -- WELL,
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| 00:23:11 |
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WHAT
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| 00:23:12 |
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A SILLY COMMENT
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| 00:23:13 |
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HE HAD TO MAKE. >> YOU KNOW, I ALSO
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| 00:23:15 |
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THINK THE ATOMIC BOMB IS -- QUESTION OR ASPECT OF THE QUESTION IS ALSO NOT QUITE TO THE POINT. BECAUSE WE ALWAYS TAKE
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| 00:23:23 |
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THE ATOMIC BOMB OUT OF CONTEXT. WE HAD ALREADY KILLED THIS -- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY KILLED -- MILITARY KILLED MILLIONS OF GERMAN AND...
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| 00:23:35 |
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WEAPONS AND CONVENTIONAL BOMBING AND THE PROSPECT BASS PERHAPS FOR MILLIONS AN MOINTION AND MILLIONS -- WAS PERHAPS FOR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS...
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| 00:24:22 |
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WITH MY FAMILY THAT WENT TO
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| 00:24:24 |
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MOBILE TO WORK
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| 00:24:25 |
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IN
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| 00:24:26 |
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THE SHIPYARDS AND EVERYTHING THAT
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| 00:24:28 |
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WAS GOING ON IN MOBILE. THERE WERE DAYS THAT FOUR OF OUR FAMILY WOULD GO AWAY AND IT MIGHT BE 48 HOURS BEFORE THEY COME BACK. THEY WERE WORKING THAT...
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| 00:25:01 |
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OF THOSE AND
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| 00:25:02 |
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THEN THE GUY THAT SAID THAT IT WAS A FRAUD, I WISH HE WOULD GO TO LIECHTENSTEIN AND SEE THE CEMETERY OR IN THE NCO AND ALL OF THAT PART, THE CEMETERY...
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| 00:25:44 |
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STRUGGLE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL YOU CALLED IN, THANK YOU. >>
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| 00:25:47 |
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THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU LOOKED AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. >> THAT'S CORRECT, WE HAD -- >> WORLD WAR II, ALSO. >> DADZ COUPLE OF...
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| 00:26:07 |
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YOU FIND IN LAVERNE, MINNESOTA? >> AND WHERE IS LAVERNE. >>
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| 00:26:11 |
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LAVERNE IS
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| 00:26:12 |
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IN THE LOWER
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| 00:26:13 |
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LEFT CORNER. OF MINNESOTA. I HAVE TO THINK. AND IT IS VERY SMALL. IT WOULD FIT SEVERAL TIMES ON THE MALL. AND IS A PERFECTLY LOVELY LITTLE TOWN. AND...
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| 00:26:28 |
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THE FILM, WHO GOT IS THERE WAS
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| 00:26:30 |
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A NEWSPAPER EDITOR NAMED AL MACINTOSH.
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| 00:26:33 |
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WHOSE VOICE APPEARS AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THE FILM, PLAYED BY TOM HANKS, AND WHO APPEARS MUCH MORE OFTEN IN THE BOOK, BECAUSE I LOVE HIM SO, HE IS JUST...
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| 00:27:15 |
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TELEGRAM HAS, YOU KNOW, CONVEYED OR THAT YOU LOSE SOMEBODY WHO WAS THE CHECKOUT GUY AT THE A & P AND AL MACINTOSH WHO WE THINK IS PERHAPS THE SINGLE...
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| 00:27:52 |
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HAVE ONLY HAD HALF SHOWN IN WASHINGTON. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND I WONDER IF YOU GAVE CREDIT
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| 00:27:57 |
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TO THE MERCHANT MARINES AND WHAT WE DID. >> YOU KNOW,
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| 00:28:00 |
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WE HAD REALLY
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| 00:28:01 |
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HOPED THAT SOMEONE FROM OUR FOUR TOWNS WOULD COME UP WHO WERE IN THE MERCHANT MARINES AND WE FLIRTED AROUND THE EDGES OF IT, PARTICULARLY IN EPISODE...
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| 00:28:14 |
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TIME, THE BATTLE AT THE END OF EPISODE THREE,
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| 00:28:16 |
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THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC HAD REALLY BEEN WON. WITH THE
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| 00:28:21 |
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EXPANDED CON VOICE, OUR OWN SUBMARINES AND SPOTTER PLANES. AND SO AT THAT POINT, IT BEGINS TO SEE TO TAKE I'M SORRY TO SAY A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK SEAT...
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| 00:29:05 |
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WAS AT A JEWISH WAR VETERANS MEETING AND MET A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO ACTUALLY JOINED THE U.S. MILITARY, COULD NOT BE A
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| 00:29:16 |
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CITIZEN FOR FIVE YEARS, SERVED IN THE MILITARY, AND COULD NOT BE A CITIZEN. SO I STARTED INVESTIGATING THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH...
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| 00:29:51 |
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AND I WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD
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| 00:29:53 |
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ATTEND. >> WELL, THAT IS A GREAT, GREAT STORY THAT WE'D LOVE TO TELL AT SOME POINT. WE HAVE IN OUR FILM A FELLOW NAMED RAY LEOPOLD WHO SADLY PASSED...
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| 00:30:14 |
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YOU'LL SEE ON TUESDAY NIGHT IN OUR LAST EPISODE, HE COMES SMACK-DAB IN FACE OF WHAT IS THE GREAT HORROR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE HOLOCAUST AND I...
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| 00:31:02 |
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GASOLINE, THERE WERE LEVELS OF INVOLVEMENT. BUT, EVERYBODY WAS INVOLVE IN IT. EXTRAORDINARY
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| 00:31:07 |
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AND I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN -- ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THAT. >> WE HAVE ONE MORE CALL AND THAT IS FROM LOS ANGELES. >>CALLER: CAN I GO AHEAD. >> --...
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| 00:31:31 |
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BLACK NEWSMEN. AND HE WROTE A WHOLE
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| 00:31:36 |
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BOOK BY -- DURING
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| 00:31:38 |
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THE WAR, HE SAILED WITH THE
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| 00:31:40 |
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO EUROPE. AND I THOUGHT -- I'VE GOT THE BOOK IN MY GARAGE AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT. >> THAT IS WONDERFUL. WE WOULD LOVE...
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| 00:32:11 |
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AND THEY KNOW HOW TO GET TO IT US AND WE'LL BE VERY, VERY ANXIOUS TO READ IT. JUST SAY KEN BURNS, CARE OF KCET YOU CAN LOOK UP THEIR ADDRESS, IN YOUR...
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| 00:32:26 |
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WOULD. >>CALLER: OKAY. ALSO -- >> LET ME SAY ONE THING, MAKE A COPY FIRST. >>
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| 00:32:30 |
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DON'T SEND
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| 00:32:31 |
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THE ORIGINAL. >> PLEASE. DON'T --. >>CALLER: I HAVE TO DIG IN MY GARAGE FOR IT. ALSO, MY BROTHER WAS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND HE WAS HEAD OF A...
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| 00:32:47 |
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GENERAL PATTON. >>
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| 00:32:49 |
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GREAT. Caller: AND THEY CALLED IT THE RED BALL EXPRESS. >>
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| 00:32:51 |
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WE KNOW IT WELL. KNOW
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| 00:32:52 |
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IT WELL! >> COVERED IN THE BOOK. >>
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| 00:32:54 |
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IT'S IN THE BOOK. >>CALLER: WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS IN THE BOOK -- >> IT'S IN OUR BOOK. >>CALLER: AND THEN MY OTHER BROTHER DID NOT GO TO WAR....
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| 00:33:09 |
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AND WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE
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| 00:33:11 |
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BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT HIM
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| 00:33:13 |
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TO GO TO A SEGREGATED
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| 00:33:15 |
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ARMY. >>
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| 00:33:16 |
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INTERESTING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR
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| 00:33:19 |
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STORY AND WE HAVE BEEN MINDFUL NOT JUST IN THIS FILM
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| 00:33:22 |
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BUT LOTS OF FILMS OF THE INCREDIBLE PRICE AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE HAD TO PAY IN THEIR HISTORY. AND ART. WE HAVE TRIED TO CELEBRATE AND FULLY INTEGRATE...
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| 00:33:36 |
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AGAIN AND AGAIN AT THEIR GENEROSITY OF
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| 00:33:38 |
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SPIRIT. >> YES. >> DO YOU GET A LOT OF CALLS LIKE THAT FROM THAT WOMAN WHO WANTED TO SHARE MATERIALS. >> IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE CIVIL WAR, WE...
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| 00:33:56 |
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BUT THEY ARE
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| 00:33:58 |
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HUMAN. AND THERE IS
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| 00:33:59 |
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AN EMOTIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY WE ARE ENGAGED WITH HER, AND -- HERE AND IT SPONSORS IN PEOPLE A SENSE
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| 00:34:04 |
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OF THEIR SHARED HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE. AND THEY VERY NATURALLY WANT TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH US, THAT THEY THINK THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING THROUGH...
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| 00:34:46 |
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YOU JUST SPENT HALF-HOUR ON
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| 00:34:48 |
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C-SPAN TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON OUR CALL-IN SHOW. [APPLAUSE]. >> WE ARE LIVE AT THE NATIONAL...
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| 00:35:15 |
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THEY WILL AIR SUNDAY ON BOOK TV, C-SPAN2 ON THE WEEKENDS, BOOKTV AND TUNE INTO WATCH THOSE EVENTS. YESTERDAY WE TALKED WITH LAURA BUSH ABOUT THE NATIONAL...
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