
The Four Towns
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The four towns featured in THE WAR; Mobile, Sacramento, Waterbury and Luverne.
An introduction to the four towns featured in THE WAR – Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota.
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The Four Towns
Clip: Episode 1 | 11mVideo has Closed Captions
An introduction to the four towns featured in THE WAR – Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota.
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Clip: Ep1 | 4m 39s | Burnett Miller, Ray Leopold and Sam Hynes talk about why they fought. (4m 39s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 29s | FDR speaks to the country following the attack on Pearl Harbor. (1m 29s)
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