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Here's Josh on Rich Iott. I remember this kid when he was a Washington Monthly intern! Ok, kinda but not really...

All jokes aside, can some of our WW II history geeks (I know you're here) fill us in some on who these guys actually were and some more of their \"exploits?\"

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