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Blueprint Special
As a young GI during WWII, our California contributor picked up a 16-inch acetate recording of a promo for a musical called "Hi Yank," a "blueprint special" created by GIs for GIs. Is this record a piece of forgotten history? In Washington, D.C. and Virginia, host Elyse Luray meets with U.S. Army archivists and historians to discuss the military's efforts to boost morale during WWII.
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Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
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Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
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Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell
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China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
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Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
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Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
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World War II Diary; 1856 Mormon Tale; Annie Oakley Coin
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Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
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Investigating a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections.