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Commercial: Ruth / Ancestry #1287126

NBC Evening News for Wednesday, Jul 01, 2020
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I didn't realize how special it would be for me to discover all of these things that I found through Ancestry. I discovered my great Aunt Ruth signed up as a nursing cadet for World War Two. You see this scanned in handwritten document. The most striking detail is her age. She was only 17 knowing that she saw this thing happening and was brave enough to get involved and do something that was eye opening. Find and honor your ancestors who served in World War Two. Their stories live on at Ancestry...
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