Veterans Chronicles
- Website
- http://www.blogtalkradio.com/veterans-chronicles
- Description
- Veterans Chronicles is an hour-long program that tells the stories of America's greatest heroes in their own words.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-05-02 03:06
- last episode published
- 2024-05-01 11:00
- publication frequency
- 11.5 days
- Contributors
- BlogTalkRadio.com
- Owner
- Veterans Chronicles
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 520
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture History
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Episodes
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| 2024-05-01 | Don Graves was born in Michigan in 1925 and his family struggled mightily during the Great Depression. He was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He immediately ran down to the U.S. Marine Corps recruiter's office to sign up. He was t... |
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| 2024-04-24 | Paul "Bud" Haedike was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. Before long, he was assigned as a bombardier on a B-17 bomber crew. From the final months of 1944 until the end of the war in Europe, Haedike took part in 23 bombing missions, and non... |
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| 2024-04-17 | Roger "Buck" Winters was a recent high school graduate working at a tool factory in Texas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He immediately wanted to quit his job and join the U.S. Army Air Corps. The government would not let ... |
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| 2024-04-10 |
LCDR Lou Conter, WWII, Pearl Harbor, Last Survivor USS Arizona On April 1, 2024, LCDR Lou Conter, U.S. Navy (Retired) died at the age of 102. He was the last living survivor of the USS Arizona, which was sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. His passing marks a somber mileston... |
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| 2024-04-03 | Chris Alvarez grew up knowing he wanted to serve and that he wanted to serve with the best. After being convinced to join the Marines once he was old enough, a high school teacher who had served in the Marines encouraged him to learn more about the U.S... |
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| 2024-03-27 |
CPT Kelly Elminger, U.S. Army, Iraq, Afghanistan, Paralympian Kelly Elmlinger was a three-sport athlete in high school. She excelled in cross country, basketball, and track. After considering military service, she decided to keep playing sports at the next level, but she quickly decided college was not for her. T... |
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| 2024-03-13 |
Thomas 'Drago' Dzieran, Political Prisoner, U.S. Navy SEAL, Iraq, Thomas "Drago" Dzieran grew up in Communist Poland. He realized he was being fed lies and propaganda as a boy when he got in big trouble at school for asking simple questions about the government. As a young man, he became actively involved in the Soli... |
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| 2024-03-06 | In the early 1960's, the U.S. Army developed a new way of moving troops into and out of strategic locations. It was called Air Cavalry and operated under the theory that moving forces by helicopter was faster and more precise than driving them or havin... |
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| 2024-02-28 | Leon Walker, Jr. grew up in a family full of Army and Marine Corps veterans. He tried to enlist in the Marines but the recruiter didn't want to be bothered on his lunch hour. Within minutes, Walker joined the U.S. Navy. He was initially assigned to ser... |
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| 2024-02-21 | Melvin Jenner was already in the Michigan Air National Guard when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After joining the U.S. Army Air Corps and undergoing training for a bomber crew, he was soon flying missions in the European Theat... |
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