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The History Detectives Viewer Mailbag was created to feature to some of the many emails and letters we receive from viewers each season. If your curiosity has been aroused, contact us. We'll post viewer comments, responses to your questions and other History Detectives updates here in the Viewer Mailbag.
Comment from viewer Mike Flynn:
During conversations (with my father) about the war in Europe it once came up that he could "smell" the Germans. I found that odd so I asked him how. His explanation was that the German uniforms, food, tobacco products etc. were different and had their own specific smell. When he entered a bunker that had recently be taken, he could smell their recent occupation of the bunker.
During my stint in Southeast Asia, I also noticed the same thing about the Viet Cong and was told by special forces not to use mouthwash or tooth paste in the bush, because the Viet Cong could track it as well by the smell. I was told the smell could travel for miles in the water.
Eduardo teaches history at Arizona State University, where he got his undergraduate degree. Eduardo has quite the scholarly background. He got his doctorate at Princeton. Universities across the country invite him to lecture on such topics as American intellectual history, race and society in the 20th century, and the Borderland of the American Southwest.
Eduardo loves History Detectives because it celebrates the discovery process, which is what he likes most about studying history. Eduardo even refers to History Detectives in his lectures. So he was thrilled when producers invited him to guest host.
Eduardo takes on three investigations this season: one into the weaver of a Navajo Rug, another into a portrait sketched in a World War II German POW camp, and the third investigation of a watch fob commemorating Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico. That third investigation took on a personal twist: Eduardo's grandfather rode with Pancho Villa.
Since we first aired our story on Ernie Pyle's typewriter, many of you have written us to comment on the comparison of the type. All great observations. Stephen Hull described it well. Read his letter:
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