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DECEASED UNCLE WHO MADE THE DECISION IN JUNE OF 1941, SIX MONTHS BEFORE PEARL HARBOR BROUGHT AMERICA INTO WORLD WAR II, HE MADE THE DECISION THAT...
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FOUR BROTHERS HAD GROWN UP IN NEW JERSEY AND VERMONT WHERE HIS FAMILY HAD HAD PROPERTY FOR QUITE, SEVERAL GENERATIONS. HE WENT TO PREP SCHOOL AT ST....
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FIRE." SO HIS LIFE WAS A GOOD LIFE AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? THERE WAS SOME MONEY, SOME FAMILY BACKGROUND, ET CETERA. >> THEY WERE COMFORTABLE,
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YES. >> WHAT INSPIRED ROB COX
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TWO, SIX MONTHS BEFORE, GO OFF TO EUROPE? >> WELL, THIS
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IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT FASCINATE ME WHEN I STARTED RESEARCHING THE BOOK. HE WAS AN IDEALISTIC YOUNG MAN. I KNEW THAT. HE WENT TO A SCHOOL THAT,...
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HARVARD TO ENGLAND? I MEAN, WHO DID HE CONTACT? >> THAT'S A GOOD
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QUESTION. WELCOME HE LEARNED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AT HIS HARVARD CLUB, WHICH WAS SORT OF A FRATERNITY AT HARVARD, THE MORE SELF-IMPORTANT I GUESS....
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OF THE FIVE, THE BAND OF FIVE? OR DID THEY SEPARATELY DECIDE TO ATTEND AS WILL? >> WELCOME
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HE WAS SORT OF THE CENTER OF THE GROUP IN THAT HE MADE THE DECISION TO GO. THERE WAS ONE OTHER HARVARD VOID REALLY, ONLY 19, A SOPHOMORE COLLEGE WHO...
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HIS EXPERIENCE BEFORE HE ACTUALLY DID ANY FIGHTING? I MEAN, WASN'T THROUGH LETTERS LETTERS HOME, TO RESEARCH IN ENGLAND? HOW DID YOU FIND OUT WHAT...
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WAS A MIXED. HE WROTE HOME TO HIS MOTHER ALMOST EVERY WEEK. LETTERS THAT ARE TWO OR THREE PAGES, TYPED PAGES. THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL TO READ, AND...
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FIVE, HOW MANY SURVIVED WORLD WAR II? >> THREE
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SURVIVED. MY UNCLE AND ANOTHER FELLA NAMED JACK BRISTER WERE BOTH KILLED VERY CLOSE TO THE END OF THE NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN IN APRIL 1943. >>
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WHAT HAPPENED? >> HOW DID
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THEY DIE SPEAK WITH YOUR UNCLE. >> WELL, HE WAS IN AN
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ISOLATED POSITION. I WENT TO TUNISIA TO SEE WHAT THE LAND WAS LIKE, WHERE THEY WERE FIGHTING. THIS WONDERFULLY INTERESTING AND EXCITING. IT'S A VERY...
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UP TO YOU. >> I WON'T GO
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INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL. HE BASICALLY, A SNIPER KILLED HIM. IT WAS KIND OF UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES. HE VOLUNTEERED TO GO OUT WITH ANOTHER MAN TO FIND A...
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FULLY INCORPORATED INTO THE BRITISH
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ARMY? >> OH, YES. >> AND NOT
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PART OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION? >>
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NOTHING TO DO. NO. NO, THAT WAS AN ISSUE FOR THEM. MAKING SURE THEY BE ABLE TO TRANSFER TO AMERICAN ARMY, IF AMERICA ACTUALLY JOINED. AND ONE OF THEM,...
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OF THE THREE THEY CAME BACK, WHAT KIND OF CAREERS DID THEY PURSUE? >> WELL, CHUCK WAS A MAN
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WHO WAS AN EDITOR AT THE DAILY DARTMOUTH, HE HAD BEEN SORT OF A COMMITTED NEWSPAPERMAN FROM THE TIME HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WROTE FOR THE GREENWICH,...
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THANK YOU. THE AMERICAN LEGION. ANYWAY, THAT KEPT HIM OCCUPIED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN HE HAD A CAREER IN PUBLISHING. HE WAS AT THE END OF HIS...
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YOUR BOOK, "INTO DUST AND FIRE: FIVE YOUNG AMERICANS WHO WENT FIRST TO FIGHT THE NAZIS"." WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE VOICE TO MUCH OF THE INDIAN. WE GAVE...
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TO EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY CALLED HIM UNCLE BILL. NOBODY KNOWS WHY. THAT WAS HIS NICKNAME. MAYBE JUST DIDN'T LIKE BEING CALLED ARCHIE, I DON'T KNOW SPENT...
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YES. >> HE IS WELL-CONNECTED
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TO THE WATERGATE ERA. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT ERA? >> WELL, I THINK THE
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GENERAL FEELING WAS THAT IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF HIM TO RESIGN WHEN HIS PUT IN A POSITION. I GUESS HE WAS FIRED ACTUALLY. HE DIDN'T RESIGN, BUT ANYWAY,...
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