Richard Rubin: The Last of the Doughboys
- Episode aired Apr 13, 2014
Ten years ago, Richard Rubin set out to interview every last living doughboy-several dozen, aged 101 to 113. They shared with him, at the last possible moment (they are all gone now) the sto... Read allTen years ago, Richard Rubin set out to interview every last living doughboy-several dozen, aged 101 to 113. They shared with him, at the last possible moment (they are all gone now) the story of America's Great War, and of the generation that raised the "Greatest Generation." Th... Read allTen years ago, Richard Rubin set out to interview every last living doughboy-several dozen, aged 101 to 113. They shared with him, at the last possible moment (they are all gone now) the story of America's Great War, and of the generation that raised the "Greatest Generation." They were nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century: self-reliant,... Read all