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PAT O'DONNELL, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, PAT O'DONNELL HAS BEEN CAPTURING THE ORAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN COMBAT VETERANS...
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IT'S A VERY PERSONAL KIND OF DAY. ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO ALMOST TO THIS DAY, I RETURNED FROM IRAQ FROM THE BATTLE OF FALLUJAH. AND THAT'S THE GENESIS...
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| 00:20:03 |
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BELOW ZERO. SNOW-COVERED, ICE-COVERED, IT WAS A NARROW ROAD. AND THEY WANTED US AND THE CHINESE HELD ALL THE HIGH GROUND. THERE WAS FOUR DIVISIONS...
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| 00:31:44 |
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OF GEORGE COMPANY. AND THEY, THEY PRESENTED ME WITH A PLAQUE AS WELL AS AN ORIGINAL SCARF, THE ONLY ORIGINAL SCARF OF LEFT, OF BUDDY GEORGE ON NOVEMBER...
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| 00:35:44 |
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WHAT TERRAIN WAS? WAS THE TERRAIN SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN AFGHANISTAN OR IN THE SWISS ALPS? WHAT WAS THE TERRAIN LIKE, AND WHAT WAS THE WEATHER LIKE? ...
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GROUND VIEW. AND THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 1950. AND IN MANY ACCOUNTS IT WAS ONE OF THE COLDEST WINTERS ON RECORD. THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED...
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| 00:37:49 |
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TO MELT IN YOUR LIFE.
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| 00:37:51 |
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IT TOOK ABOUT TWO OR THREE MINUTES JUST TO GET THIS MELTED, BASICALLY. SO IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXTREME, THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT SURVIVAL AS...
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| 00:38:29 |
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RELATIVE WAS IN THE CHOSEN RESERVOIR AS A MARINE, AND I THINK HE FELT A LITTLE BIT UNDERAPPRECIATED. BUT MY QUESTION WAS, TO YOU FEEL -- DO YOU FEEL,...
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| 00:39:13 |
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A MORE PROTRACTED WAR LIKE THE WAR EVENTUALLY ENDED UP. I MEAN, "GIVE ME TOMORROW" COVERS A PERIOD FROM THE SUMMER OF 1950 THROUGH THE CHOSEN RESERVOIR,...
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| 00:40:24 |
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INTELLIGENCE. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN HIS INTELLIGENCE, THAT THE CHINESE WERE AMASSING ON THE MANCHURIAN BORDER. THE INTELLIGENCE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS...
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| 00:44:49 |
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CHOSEN RESERVOIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> ONE
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| 00:44:51 |
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OF THE SPECIAL
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| 00:44:52 |
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THINGS HABIT LEANS THAT -- MARINES IS ONE DOES SOMETHING AND ANOTHER DOES SOMETHING BETTER, SO
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| 00:44:58 |
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YOU TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THEM. BUT THE MARINES AT THE CHOSEN RESERVOIR DISOBEYED ORDER. MARINE GENERAL SAYS, NO, SIR, WE'RE NOT COMING OUT UNLESS WE'RE...
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| 00:47:59 |
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WHO WITH -- WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IN THE AUDIENCE? >> I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. I RECEIVE DISABILITY FROM THE
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| 00:48:11 |
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KOREAN WAR, MINE'S $123 A MONTH, NOT $2700. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET DISABILITY. IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT. BY THE WAY, THE U.S. ARMY WAS ALSO IN KOREA....
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| 00:48:32 |
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BOOK BRINGS OUT ONE UNIT PARTICULAR, TASK FORCE FAITH, THAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHOSEN RESERVOIR THAT FOUGHT VERY VALIANTLY AND MADE THEIR...
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| 00:49:04 |
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YOU GOT INTO WRITING BOOKS AND -- >> SURE. YEAH -- >> WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU, YOU KNOW? >> IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. IT'S NOT REALLY,
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| 00:49:14 |
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IT'S NOT A JOB. THIS IS MY
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| 00:49:18 |
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PASSION. I -- IT'S NOT WORK FOR ME AT ALL. WHEN I WAS 4 YEARS OLD, I PICKED UP A BOOK ON WORLD WAR II, AND I WAS KIND OF SUCKED IN IMMEDIATELY. NEXT...
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| 00:51:39 |
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DID THE -- >> WHENEVER IT WASN'T SNOWING, THE BLUE ANGELS WERE ALWAYS
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ABOVE
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| 00:51:45 |
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US. AND WITHOUT
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| 00:51:47 |
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THEM WE COULDN'T HAVE GOT OUT. THEY, THEY PAVED THE WAY. THEY SOFTENED UP THE ENEMY. AND THEY SAW WHAT WE COULDN'T SEE. WE'RE STUCK TO THE ROADS....
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| 00:53:56 |
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ME TOMORROW" IS A BOOK ABOUT THE KOREAN WAR AND THAT I HOPE THAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE LOOK AT THEIR OWN RELATIVES OUT THERE, AND THEY FIND OUT WHAT THEY...
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| 00:54:26 |
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FOUNDER OF THE DROP ZONE.ORG, AN ORAL HISTORY WEB SITE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HIS LATEST BOOK, VISIT GIVE ME TOMORROW BOOK.COM. >> THIS IS BookTV'S...
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CITY, AND NOW WE'RE JOINED BY
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