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Pinned by History

Originally aired 03.13.1998
People who left their private lives and were seized by some huge historical moment.

Prologue.

Host Ira Glass with Jan Tomare, who spent three years in the Auschwitz concentration camp. (4 minutes)

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Act One. Book Of Job.

Reporter Scott Carrier does a story about Harvey "Job" Matusow. (38 minutes)

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Act Two. God Of War.

In Vietnam, Jeffrey Harris, with one year of grad school, judged which soldiers stayed and which went home. (15 minutes)

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Photo: elinar

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