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Indestructible Jack Lucas
Season 2 Episode 137
In 1942, 14-year old Jack Lucas lied about his age to join the Marines - even bribing a notary to attest he was 17. Tired of missing out on the actio…
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The East German Hot Air Balloon Escape
Season 2 Episode 136
In September of 1979, two East German families escaped to the west using a very unconventional method - a hot air balloon. It was an escape that requ…
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War of the Golden Stool
Season 2 Episode 135
In 1900, a British colonial official demanded an African tribe - the Ashanti - give him a holy relic as a symbol of their capitulation to the English…
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Milwaukee Bridge War
Season 2 Episode 134
The city of Milwaukee began as a collection of three towns around the mouth of the Milwaukee River. None of these communities liked each other very m…
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Florentine Diamond
Season 2 Episode 133
The Florentine Diamond is a 137-carat diamond, known for its long association with European royalty. However, after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian …
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St. Olga of Kyiv
Season 2 Episode 132
Saints, in the Christian tradition, are people that are in heaven and can influence the world. Most saints are there for their kindness, generosity, …
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Cher Ami - the Hero Pigeon
Season 2 Episode 131
In darkest hours of World War I, more than 500 American troops were surrounded by the Germans in the Argonne Forest in France. They were facing furio…
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Ocracoke Island Cemetery
Season 2 Episode 130
The British flag flies in many places around the globe, but one of the most unlikely is a small cemetery on Ocracoke island in North Carolina. Its or…
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Haitian Independence Debt
Season 2 Episode 129
In 1804, Haiti gained its independence. Two decades later the fledgling nation was struggling for international recognition. That is until they struc…
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Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
Season 2 Episode 128
On July 25, 1956, on a foggy night, human error and a freak accident caused two ocean liners, the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm, to collide. T…
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