Champions Behind Barbed Wire
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The Eagles of Heart Mountain: How Japanese American Teens Became Wyoming Champions Behind Barbed Wire
What happens when teenage athletes prove their excellence while imprisoned by their own country? In 1943, the Heart Mountain High School football team achieved the impossible—winning the Wyoming state championship while their families were incarcerated in an American concentration camp.
Join host Michael Bahr as he explores Bradford Pearson's powerful book "The Eagles of Heart Mountain," revealing how Japanese American teenagers used sports as an…
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