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96
March 13, 1998

Pinned by History

People who left their private lives and were seized by some huge historical moment.
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Prologue

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

By

Ira Glass
Act One

Book Of Job

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

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Scott Carrier
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)

By

Scott Carrier

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