Finding Faces

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S1 Episode 12: Cuffy Dec 16, 2020

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In this season 1 finale, Phil, Casey, and Ryan travel somewhat off the grid to visit a rural home in the woods of Central Massachusetts. After being led into a dark basement, they discover a plethora of pictures and artifacts that once belonged to the last Vietnam serviceman on their list of men whose photos they needed to find.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1 Episode 11: Noel Dec 09, 2020

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Ryan finally makes progress in tracking down a photo of Michael Faherty, the Irishman recently added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., along with the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Worcester.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1 Episode 10: Connie Dec 02, 2020

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Within just several years, two brothers mysteriously passed away while serving in the Navy. As the stories go, one died while trying to board a ship, while the other died after falling off his ship. Ryan, trying to figure out exactly what happened, searches for sailors who might have witnessed these incidents.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1: Thanksgiving Week Mini-Episode Nov 25, 2020

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In this special episode, Ryan checks in with some familiar voices and names from previous episodes, getting updates to past storylines. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database of Vietnam Casualties: coffeltdatabase.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S1 Episode 9: Bro Nov 18, 2020

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Ryan leaves New England for New York. Even though his goal is to find pictures, he ends up divulging the mysterious details of a soldier's death to an unsuspecting family.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1 Episode 8: Wally and Cheech Nov 11, 2020

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Two men from Eastern Massachusetts, both named Walter, died in Vietnam within just weeks of each other. One afternoon, around 50 years later, Ryan accidentally stumbles upon each of their siblings.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1 Episode 7: Piero Nov 04, 2020

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As the last of the missing Central Massachusetts pictures are rounded up, Ryan searches for a family in East Boston just several doors down from where a serviceman lived when he was killed in Vietnam 52 years ago.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1 Episode 6: Jerry! Oct 28, 2020

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The search for pictures takes Ryan, Phil, and Casey outside of Worcester, where a woman's battle with dementia is put to the test in an effort to dig up memories from 50 years in her past. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1 Episode 5: Franny Part 2 Oct 21, 2020

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A lifetime of mysteries and more than 30 years of a seemingly endless search both come to a halt as Ryan helps Francis Allen Jr.'s younger sister answer some of the questions that have kept her up at night for decades.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

S1 Episode 4: Franny Oct 14, 2020

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Ryan connects with three different, yet equally grieving, individuals impacted by the death of Francis Allen Jr., who was killed in an ambush after the local militia he was training deserted him. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Coffelt Database: https://www.coffeltdatabase.org/

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