Catherine Phelan

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This man went from an unwilling, pacifist draftee to Sergeant York, military hero and legend.

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A primetime news anchor reinvents himself for the modern world and calls all Americans to remember what brings us together.

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The leader of the Mongol Empire caused great change across the world.

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