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Episode 420 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 1) World War 2 and the injury that changed his life (Season 17 Premier)
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Before Bob Dole became a Senate leader, a presidential nominee, or a national symbol of resilience, he was a 21-year-old second lieutenant fighting for his life on a hillside in Italy.
This season-opening episode begins at the moment everything changed.
Through Bob Dole’s own words and historic audio, we return to the brutal final months of World War II and the Allied push through Italy during Operation Grapeshot, the last great offensive in Europe. We hear Dole describe the battlefield where he was struck down, the comrades he was trying to save, and the…
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