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Calling Tokyo
Season 20
Episode 1
Discover the story of a group of Japanese-Americans who as American civilians served during WWII, even as their families and friends were incarcerated in concentration camps. Examine how they assisted the war efforts of Britain and the US through language translation work and short wave radio broadcasting to Japan.
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