Episode 8: World War 2 : The Unifying Event; Strom Thurmond, Ted Stevens and the life of Dan Inouye (PART 1)

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World War 2, the main event of the 20th century. It shaped the lives of all who lived through it. 10 United States Presidents and countless numbers of other public servants shaped American policy, both foreign and domestic, for the next half century.  It moderated their stands and kept emotions in check. They came back from the war and very sensibly went about creating the most dominant and prosperous nation in the history of the human race. 

Let's look back at Why? 

What did they see and live through that made all that they achieved possible.  What did they see that motivated them to make sure the world was safe from ever having to see it again. 

Listen as Senator Strom Thurmond talks about liberating a Nazi Concentration camp at Buchenwald , landing at D-Day, and moving in towards victory in Berlin. 

Listen as Senator Ted Stevens talks about Pearl Harbor and the shock of the start of the war

and relive with Senator Daniel Inouye as he scales a mountain to attack a Nazi division at breakfast, or fighting the elite of the Italian troops, losing an arm an earning the Medal of Honor. 

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