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Wings of Defeat wins OAH Erik Barnouw Award

WINGS OF DEFEAT, recently broadcast on the PBS Independent Lens series, was awarded the 2009 OAH ERIK BARNOUW AWARD by the Organization of American Historians. The Erik Barnouw Award, first given in 1983, honors the late Erik Barnouw, a historian of the mass media. The award is given annually to a film concerned with American history. Wings of Defeat was directed by Linda Hoaglund.wod_postcard2008_front

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