Growing Up in 1941
For a Minneapolis teenager in 1941, enlisting was a chance to become someone new.
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Growing Up in 1941
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For a Minneapolis teenager in 1941, enlisting was a chance to become someone new.
Sam Hynes recalls how little excitement a lower-middle-class kid in 1941 Minneapolis could find, until the war offered the chance to become a fighter pilot or a submarine commander with a single signature.
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Growing Up in 1941
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Sam Hynes recalls how little excitement a lower-middle-class kid in 1941 Minneapolis could find, until the war offered the chance to become a fighter pilot or a submarine commander with a single signature.
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