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Medics in the Line of Fire
Military historian Ted Barris has chronicled some of Canada's most important military moments, including The Battle of Vimy Ridge, D-Day, The Great Escape, and the Korean War. He talks to Steve Paikin about his latest book, "Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire," an exploration of his father's wartime experiences as a medic leading up to the Second World War's Battle of the Bulge in 1944-45.
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