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I'm Nicola Coughlan and for BBC Radio 4, this is History's Youngest Heroes.
Rebellion, risk and the radical power of youth.
She thought, right, I'll just do it.
She thought about others rather than herself.
Twelve stories of extraordinary young people from across history.
There's a real sense of urgency in them.
That resistance has to be mounted.
It has to be mounted now.
Follow History's Youngest Heroes wherever you get your podcasts Dramas Immersive storytelling From the BBC World Service before we start, a warning that the following contains dramatized battle scenes.
This is the Making of Purple Heart warriors by Iris Yamashita.
An original six part drama series inspired by real events.
From the BBC World Service I'm Ken Morioka from Los Angeles and I had just turned Grandpa Allen's Japanese Mochi Bakery into Go Nuts Donuts.
Not sure how it happened or why, but I suddenly found myself in the 1940s trapped in my grandpa's 18 year old body, fighting in the war.
Boxer.
Go for bro.
Go for bro.
Go for four 42nd regimental combat team.
Their motto is Go for broke.
Tamlin Tomita and it is literally about laying everything on the line to save your band of brothers.