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History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 8 | PBS

Duration: 54:44 (Full Program)
Program: History Detectives #708
Broadcast Date: Aug. 17, 2009

Mussolini's Dagger
Did a World War II GI return home with Mussolini's dagger?

Liberia Letter
Does this letter help to trace one freed man’s dream to return to Africa?

N.E.A.R Device
Was this device invented to help Americans believe they could survive a soviet nuclear attack?

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