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Honoring the Real Star of the Monuments Men

ortrayed by George Clooney under a pseudonym in, George Stout is finally getting his due in a new documentary.“Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art” chronicles the life of the Iowa native who led the Monuments Men, an Allied organization that during World War II recovered 5 million pieces of artwork and cultural items stolen by the Nazis. The film is available through the video-on-demand Heritage Broadcasting Service [].

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