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Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor Remembers Her First Trip to the Supreme Court

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, remembers the first time she visited the Supreme Court and the photos she took with her husband, John.
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Tagged   Judge, Politics and History, Sandra Day O'Connor, Women
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Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite Reveals His Most Important Interview Subject

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Anchorman Walter Cronkite discusses why Egypt's Anwar Sadat was the most important interview subject of his career and explains how the seemingly boring interview later became so memorable. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, CBS, Dan Rathers, Evening News, Politics and History, Walter Cronkite
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Sandra Day O’Connor on the Women of the Supreme Court

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, shares her thoughts on the current women on the Supreme Court and discusses whether her appointment happened because she was a woman or because she was qualified. Continue reading

Tagged   Politics and History, Sandra Day O'Connor, Women
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Dalai Lama
Dr. Donna Rockwell on Meeting the Dalai Lama

  By Morgan Birck • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Mindfulness expert Dr. Donna Rockwell shares what it was like to meet the Dalai Lama, along with senior Buddhist monks. Continue reading

Tagged   Dalai Lama, Politics and History, Religion
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Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Samuel Seymour Remembers Seeing Lincoln Shot

  By Witnify • March 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Amazing video of Samuel Seymour, the last survivor to have witnessed President Abraham Lincoln being shot by John Wilkes Booth. Continue reading

Tagged   Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Assassination, John Wilkes Booth, Politics and History, Samuel Seymour
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A Veteran Describes a Normal Day on the Job

  By Sarah Dejak • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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World War II veteran Harold Van Meter describes a time he had to fix the landing gears while the plane was in the air, all for landing practice with fellow pilots. Continue reading

Tagged   Air Force, Military, Politics and History
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World War II
Account of a Prisoner of War

  By Veterans History Project • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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World War II veteran Eugene Kessler explains what it was like as we was held captive as a prisoner of war in Germany for an entire year. Continue reading

Tagged   Air Force, Military, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran, World War II
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World War II
Photographer Explains the Bootcamp Experience

  By Veterans History Project • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Joseph J. Mrosko speaks about his experience as an official Marine Photographer in World War II as well as the experience he had going into the military and what bootcamp was like for him Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Marines, Photography, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran, World War II
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World War II
Marine Describes the Man That Saved His Life

  By Veterans History Project • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this interview, Marine Robert E. Suddeth describes serving in World War II and the stranger from a different branch of the military that risked his life to save his. Continue reading

Tagged   Marines, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran, World War II
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World War II
Near Death Experience With Nazis

  By Veterans History Project • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Virgil F. Jansen was a Corporal in the United States Army during World War II and speaks in an interview about several near death experiences he had with Nazi German soldiers while serving in the war. Continue reading

Tagged   Army, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran, World War II
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