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Apr 2022
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EP263: Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Pr...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ryan Stewart shares his story of how canines have helped him get through life's adversities. Rona Simmons, author of The Other Veterans Of World War II, Stories from Behind the Front Lines, tells the story of Bill Scott, an African American combat engineer and photographer from Alabama who became one of the "black angels" for prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Professional Dog Walker

23:00 - One Black Troop's Trip to Buchenwald

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