He rejoined his division after recovering and taking part in the battle of the bulge. He later served in the liberated camps at therition end of the war. Ins interview was conducted 2012 for its oral history collection. World war ii museum. 23, 2012 and i ,m here today in norwich vermont. State your full name. Clinton i am clint gardner, clinton gardner. I was born in new york city, 1922. What was life like growing up . Clinton my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was a baby. To theaised their, went town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. Dartmouth i entered and once myof 1940 freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Ritain was in bad shape looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted
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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: On July 1, Chinese leader Xi Jinping marked the one 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. He spoke before tens of thousands of people in Beijing s Tiananmen Square. This line got the biggest ovation.
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PRESIDENT XI JINPING: (Non-English language spoken).
PFEIFFER: Anybody that tries to bully, oppress or subjugate China will find themselves, quote, on a collision course with a great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.
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PFEIFFER: Strong words and a strong reaction. NPR China affairs correspondent John Ruwitch takes a look at what s behind them.