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Veterans Day: Why One Philly Man Researches & Remembers

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For the last decade, researcher Chris Gibbons has worked to identify each and every person from the storied Roman Catholic High School who died in World War I. Why? For Veterans Day, Trenae Nuri revisits her conversation with Gibbons about the men who fought and died in a now largely forgotten war, and why it’s so important to commemorate their sacrifices. 

This episode originally aired on April 10, 2025. 

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