Stay ConnectedWe explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield.
We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!
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Welcome to the final episode of the Wish Lemons series. In this episode we hear about Wish's experience after transitioning off of the USS San Francisco as well as his unique skills he put to use after the war as a counselor to oilfield workers.
Welcome to Episode 2 of the 3 part Wish Lemons series. In this episode, you hear about Wish's experience at sea as the Captain's Talker aboard the USS San Francisco during the early days of WWII just after Pear Harbor.
Welcome to Episode 1 of the 3 part Wish Lemons series. This is a remarkable story of a young man who joins the Navy and thru a SNAFU, gets transferred to the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco just a few days after the Pearl Harbor attack with NO BOOT CAMP OR TRAINING. His experience is as amazing as it is terrifying. In this episode we meet Wish Lemons and hear how he got into the Navy.
Hello Warrior Next Door listeners! This is a unique 1 episode "series" in which we are honored to be hosting the author and former NBS Sports/ESPN Sports Center director Peter Lion. We will get to know Peter and discuss his books written about two very unique true stories from WWII. His first book "The American St. Nick" chronicles the true story of a handful of soldiers from 28th Infantry Division who brought a unique St. Nicholas Day to the war torn children of Wiltz, Luxembourg just 10 days before the Battle of the Bulge broke out. We also discuss his second book "Merg" written about a fallen GI, George Mergenthaler, who was so beloved by the citizens of Eschweiler, Luxembourg, that they dedicated a church to the memory of him. It is the only church in the world that exists in tribute to a single specific WWII GI.
Welcome to the final episode of the Jim Thomas series. In this episode Jim discusses his decisions that he made during missions late in his tour to help everyone get home safely and his eventual rotation out as well as his post war career.
Welcome to Episode 4 of the Jim Thomas series. In this episode, Jim discusses his transition from the scout helicopter to the Cobra, he discusses its capabilities and also the use of B-52's in the war.
Welcome to Episode 3 of the 5 part Jim Thomas series. In this episode Jim discusses his experiences getting shot down twice in three days only two weeks after arriving in Vietnam.
Welcome to episode 2 of the 5 part Jim Thomas series, a Cobra helicopter pilot in Vietnam. In this episode Jim discusses his military training in the US as well his "on the job" training in action in Vietnam.
Welcome to Episode 1 of the 5 part Jim Thomas series. Jim was a Warrant Officer and Cobra helicopter pilot who served in the 1st Cavalry from February 1970 - February 1971 in Vietnam. In this first episode we discuss the background history on how the Vietnam war started and also discuss Jim's decision to join directly from college.
Welcome to Episode 2 of the two part Dale Kooyenga series. In this episode we will hear more about Kooyenga's experiences navigating the wartime action in Iraq, his perception of Iraq today and his arrival back home from Iraq where he would enjoy a political career as a State Representative and Senator for Wisconsin. Lt Col. Kooyenga also discusses his company "Hero Cards" which is meant to celebrate greatness by drawing attention to those who have died defending our nation in all wars.
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