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Laos Bombs

Retired Wausau area teacher travels to Laos to clear unexploded ordnance.

Aired 06/11/2009 | Rating TV-G

In Wisconsin

Laos Bombs

Special | 8m 33s

Retired Wausau area teacher travels to Laos to clear unexploded ordnance.

Inspired by his students, a former educator from the Wausau area clears unexploded bombs in his retirement. Each year Jim Harris returns to Laos where as many as 20,000 people have been maimed or killed by unexploded bombs since the end of the Vietnam War. Harris is the only American currently working in Laos to help clear those left over bombs.

Aired 06/11/2009 | Rating TV-G

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In Wisconsin is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

In Wisconsin

Laos Bombs

Special | 8m 33s

Inspired by his students, a former educator from the Wausau area clears unexploded bombs in his retirement. Each year Jim Harris returns to Laos where as many as 20,000 people have been maimed or killed by unexploded bombs since the end of the Vietnam War. Harris is the only American currently working in Laos to help clear those left over bombs.

Aired 06/11/2009 | Rating TV-G

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