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Monuments Men of WW II drawing new attention as Hollywood movie opens

Editor:  NBC Nightly News profiled the last remaining member of the Monuments Men, the small band of art historians and others who helped track down and then return art stolen by the Nazis.  Watch the video by clicking on the link.  The movie about the Monuments Men opens this Friday.  It was directed by George Clooney and stars Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and John Goodman.  It's based on the book, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, by Robert M. Edsel.
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