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Fight like a man? Masculinity in WW2

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The Importance of Being a Soldier

When I was growing up, one of my granddads was a conscientious object. The other worked on the railways in Sierra Leone. My dad found letters that he'd written back from West Africa in the war. And through him, I just found this sensitive person who the war had really come and disrupted his life. Do you think we need to factor in youth as a part of this story?

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