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I just love listening to Heather read her own work. She is erudite with no trace of the pedantic and clear spoken without sounding patronizing.

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I love being able to listen!

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I read so much daily, thus I love listening instead.

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A consistent follower.

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Hi - I followed the transcript as I was listening and noticed that the transcript does not always match the spoken word. Not a show stopper by any means, and intended only as a "head's up".

Nevertheless, this letter is outstanding. Thank you!

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This is not history for me.

-I know people who were sent to the camps

-I know people who were born in the camps

-I had an Army commander who fought in the 442nd RCT (see below)

-A friend of mine (killed in Vietnam) was born the year after his mother was released from the camps

I was 18 when I learned of this event, I was surprisingly angry for several hours afterward. This is because A) It violated everything I'd felt about my country up to that time, and B) I had to learn this in a classroom because the lived experience of people I knew was too painful to relate publicly.

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