People who left their private lives and were seized by some huge historical moment.
Book Of Job
Reporter Scott Carrier does a story about Harvey "Job" Matusow. (38 minutes)
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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