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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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.