History Detectives

Korean War Letter, Diana, Lookout Mt. Painting

Season 8, Episode 6 of 11

Rhonda McAullife never met her father. He's still listed Missing in Action from the Korean War. In a letter dated 1953, her father mentioned a man he said saved his life. Eduardo Pagan researches the "Korean War Letter" to find the man Rhonda believes is a hero. Then Tukufu Zuberi searches for the author of Diana: A Strange Biography. Could "Diana" be groundbreaking literature as the first widely published and true lesbian autobiography? Then, Wes Cowan digs into the mystery of the "Lookout Mt. Painting," depicting a Civil War battle. How did the artist of this painting end up in prison at the Rock Island Arsenal?

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7/26/2010
9 p.m.
7/27/2010
2 a.m.
8/1/2010
3:13 p.m.
10/25/2010
11 p.m.
6/14/2011
8 p.m.
6/15/2011
1 a.m.
8/9/2011
8 p.m.
8/10/2011
1 a.m.
8/14/2011
4 p.m.
8/15/2017
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8/16/2017
2 a.m.
4/2/2020
9 a.m.
5/6/2020
9 a.m.
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