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The War
Growing Up in 1941
Sam Hynes recalls how little excitement a lower-middle-class kid in 1941 Minneapolis could find, until the war offered the chance to become a fighter pilot or a submarine commander with a single signature.
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President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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2:07:27
Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
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By mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin.
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On D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history.
