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Boston Calling: Love and War

Love and War

02/01/2016 GMT

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Why is it so hard for a Sikh to serve in the US military?

The first observant Sikh of his generation to join the US military tells us why he’s campaigning against the Pentagon’s dress code. Then, a World War Two tale of a Jewish couple who survived the Holocaust by hiding behind a church organ. And, a Vietnam War-era love story that starts with nothing more than a discarded scrap of paper and a stranger’s address.

(Photo: Army Maj. Kamal Singh Kalsi testifies before the US Commission on Civil Rights in May 2013. Credit: Sikh Coalition)

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