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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Lt. Pete Konduros served as a bombardier in the 5th Bomb Group (Heavy), in the 394th Bomb Squadron in the Pacific Theatre.
Listen in as Pete tells us about his missions in the pacific theatre which would culminate in his harrowing near death experience during his 9th mission over Zamboanga City in the Philippines on March 9th, 1945!
Lt. Pete Konduros served as a bombardier in the 5th Bomb Group (Heavy), in the 394th Bomb Squadron in the Pacific Theatre.
Listen in as Pete tells us about his missions in the pacific theatre which would culminate in his harrowing near death experience during his 9th mission over Zamboanga City in the Philippines on March 9th, 1945!
Welcome to episode 2 of the 2 part Dr. Myra Miller series. Dr. Miller discusses her research and the information that can be gleaned from the military Morning Reports to add detail to a veterans service record.
Welcome to episode 1 of the 2 part Dr. Myra Miller series. Dr. Miller discusses her company Footsteps Researchers and their focus of researching the veteran archives in St. Louis to help families learn details of their loved one's military service.
Welcome to the final episode of the 4 part “The American St Nick” series: a reading of the true WWII story brought to us by Emmy award winning producer and writer Peter Lion.
In this episode Chapters 13 and 14 will be read by Marie Anne Schweig, the daughter of the man who initiated the search for Richard Brookins: Jeanly Schweig; Chapter 15 and "Of Note" will be read by author Peter Lion and the addendum “The Colmar Incident” will be read by Ryan Fairfield.
Welcome to Episode 3 of the 4 part “The American St Nick” series: a reading of the true WWII story brought to us by Emmy award winning producer and writer Peter Lion.
In this episode Chapters 9 and 10 will be read by Don Brookins (son of Richard Brookins), Chapter 11 is read by granddaughter of Frank McClelland, Priscilla Forney and Chapter 12 will be read by Warrior Next Door co-host Ryan Fairfield.
Welcome to Episode 2 of the exclusive 4 part reading of Peter Lion's "The American St Nick". In this episode Chapters 5 and 6 will be read by the daughter of Richard Brookins: Carol Brookins-Northrup and Chapters 7and 8 will be read by Richard Brookins eldest son, David Brookins.
Welcome to Episode 1 of an exclusive Warrior Next Door Podcast presentation. A full reading of the true WWII story “The American St Nick”. It is the remarkable story of a few GI’s of the 28th Infantry Division who brought Christmas to the children of the small war torn town of Wiltz, Luxembourg on the eve of the Battle of the Bulge. In this episode, Chapters 1 and 2 are read by the author Peter Lion; chapter 3 is read by grand daughter of Frank McClelland, Priscilla Forney and chapter 4 is read by Warrior Next Door co-host Tony Lupo.
Europe has experienced warfare and violence at a scale most Americans can't fathom. As a result, countless millions of rounds of artillery, some of which is still buried in the earth poses a clear a present danger to 21st century citizens.
Berten's job is to detect unexploded ordnance so that roads and buildings can be safely constructed. In the course of locating these dangerous implements of war, OTHER historic items and battlefield relics are discovered.
As a result, Berten is often the first to detect these lost landscapes of battlefields that go back to Napoleonic times! Listen in as he talks about some of these historical sites and how some of them relate to veterans featured on The Warrior Next Door Podcast!
Join us as Julius Jakob shares his account of what it was like to be a Czechoslovakian citizen who was forced to fight for the Wehrmacht after his country was annexed by Nazi Germany prior to WW2.
Julius was a Sudaten German in Czechoslovakia who served, as a Czech citizen, in the Czech army prior to WW2. After Czechoslovakia was annexed by Germany in 1938/1939, he was conscripted into the German army and was later taken prisoner and served time as a POW for the Americans, Canadians and British.
Julius shares experiences that are not as widely studied or discuss but were shared by millions of citizens occupied by the Nazis during WW2. Listen in!
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