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'United Shades': Many misunderstand what it means to be a veteran

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'United Shades': Many misunderstand what it means to be a veteran

'United Shades': Many misunderstand what it means to be a veteran

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Kamau Bell travels to San Diego, a city with one of the largest populations of military service members in the country, to explore the disparities, injustices and issues that both active-duty troops and veterans face.

Watch ā€œUnited Shades of Americaā€ Sunday at 10 p.m.

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This Day in History:, Heavenā€™s Gate Cult Members Found Dead. March 26, 1997. Led by Marshall Applewhite, 39 members of the cult peacefully committed suicide by drinking a mixture of vodka and phenobarbital. The disturbing scene was discovered by police in a mansion in a San Diego suburb. Clothed in matching Nike sneakers and dark uniforms, the 21 men and 18 women were were found in several rooms throughout the mansion. They were convinced their suicides would free them from their bodies, allowing them to enter an alien spacecraft hidden behind the rare Hale-Bopp comet. The cult advocated sexual abstinence. Several of the men had undergone castration surgery, including Applewhite. None of the 39 bodies showed any signs of blood or trauma

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