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My Father, The Inglourious Basterd

Quentin Tarantino's ultra-violent Nazi revenge movie may have plenty of drama but the real story is even better. Kim Masters on the heroic band of Jewish commandos known as X Troop.

Kim Masters

Published Aug. 9 2009 6:31PM EDT

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My father was an Inglourious Basterd. Actually, he was the opposite of that. But he was a Jewish commando in the British Army during World War II.

And for my father, this fight was very personal.

Kim Masters

Kim Masters

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