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1955: The Cutter Incident
1955: Siberia, USA
1955: The Weather Girls
1955: The Crockett Craze
1955: The Team Nobody Would Play
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1942: When Internment Came to Alaska
1942: The Info Wars of World War II
1942: The Day the Music Stopped
1942: The Year Everyone Got Married
1942: The Most Hated Man in America
1986: The Man From Fifth Avenue
1986: The Miracle of Cokeville
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