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The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States, Canada and Mexico,

from their deep origins to our present epoch.

Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time,

focusing on the compelling, wonderful and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders, environment and geography.

I invite you to come along for the ride.

Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast.

The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes, myth busts historical lies,

and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world.

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

If you're looking for information about World War II, you're not going to lack resources.

There are countless books and movies and podcasts and everything else about that.

Likewise, if you're looking for resources on the Vietnam War,

there are also plenty of movies about that, since that's considered one of the touchstones of baby boomer experience.

There's a more negative view on it.

You might recall born on the 4th of July, the Oliver Stone movie that chose the trauma that soldiers suffered because of it.

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