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History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts. It's the collection of all the stories

throughout human history that explain how and why we got here. Welcome to the History

Unplugged Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange, and even counterfactual

stories that made our world what it is. I'm your host, Scott Rank.

During World War II, nearly 1 billion letters were sent to the front, but none struck more

fear into the heart of the average soldier than one that began with the following. Dear

John, I don't know quite how to begin, but I just want to say that Joe Dokes came to town

on furlough the other night and he looked very handsome in his uniform, so when he asked

me for a date, such as an example of the Dear John letter that the World War II GIs

received from Sweethearts or wives at home, who had decided to politely, but unceremoniously

in their relationship. Though the phrase Dear John was coined during World War II and

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