Four American Towns Before Pearl Harbor
Mobile, Sacramento, Waterbury and Luverne: four American towns on the eve of World War II.
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Four American Towns Before Pearl Harbor
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Mobile, Sacramento, Waterbury and Luverne: four American towns on the eve of World War II.
In the fall of 1941, much of the world was at war, but for Americans still recovering from the Great Depression, it seemed far away. The War follows the families of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota, through the conflict. Here are those towns and the people who called them home in the final months before Pearl Harbor.
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Four American Towns Before Pearl Harbor
Clip: Episode 1 | 11mVideo has Closed Captions
In the fall of 1941, much of the world was at war, but for Americans still recovering from the Great Depression, it seemed far away. The War follows the families of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota, through the conflict. Here are those towns and the people who called them home in the final months before Pearl Harbor.
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