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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Hawaii-USS-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)For the next few days we’ll take a look at an event that took place 65 years ago this week–the…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Raymond-Hagan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 943.3KB)It can be difficult to earn the money needed to get a college education. Raymond Hagan graduated high school in…

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