Episode 3 We're In the Army Now - America Goes to War in WW 2

Episode 3 We're In the Army Now - America Goes to War in WW 2

In the aftermath of the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, and the declaration of war against Germany and Japan, millions of Americans didn't wait till their draft numbers were called upon. They immediately enlisted, including nearly 200,000 underage Americans. In the rigorous basic training that followed, young Americans learned that war was for keeps as they learned the fighting skills that would keep them alive in combat. As Colonel Sin, Commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, told his recruits, "Y'all ain't going over there to die for your country. You're going over there to make that other son of a bitch die for his!"

Photo below is of Milburn Henke, credited as the first US soldier to set foot on European soil in WW 2.

Samuel Erlick with his medals

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Ep. 28 - Donald Chase - The Poet Warrior who turned down Million Dollar Wounds in WW 2 and Korea

Ep. 28 - Donald Chase - The Poet Warrior who turned down Million Dollar Wounds in WW 2 and Korea

Donald Chase understood that freedom isn’t free.  He defended his country in two wars, WW II and the Korean war, and in doing so received 4 purple hears and 2 bronze stars.  In both wars, soldiers oft...

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Ep. 27 - Richard V. Morgan - A Leatherneck Recalls the Forgotten Hell of Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian Islands

Ep. 27 - Richard V. Morgan - A Leatherneck Recalls the Forgotten Hell of Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian Islands

A star athlete first at Aspinwall High School then at Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania, Richard V. Morgan felt the call to duty when his country was attacked at Pearl Harbor and joined the Marines. ...

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Ep. 26 - Hattie Brantley - The Angel of Corregidor

Ep. 26 - Hattie Brantley - The Angel of Corregidor

Hattie Brantley never stopped tending to wounded GIs whether in the jungles of the Bataan peninsula, in the tunnels of Corregidor, or during her long imprisonment at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp.  ...

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Ep 25 - Edgar Kuhlow:  He is Going to Stay Laying Here in Germany

Ep 25 - Edgar Kuhlow: He is Going to Stay Laying Here in Germany

Sick with malaria, on a 150-200 mile, three week forced march from one German POW camp to another, Edgar Kuhlow heard one German guard talking about him to another guard - Daah blibt heea in Deutschla...

29 Marras 202532min

Ep 24 Part Two:  Jim Dorris - A Light in the Darkness of WW II

Ep 24 Part Two: Jim Dorris - A Light in the Darkness of WW II

Jim Dorris displayed an equal measure of courage and compassion in WW 2.  His deep Catholic faith provided him with a moral compass that guided him through combat at the Battle of the Bulge, Ingolshei...

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Ep 23 Part One:  Jim Dorris - A Light in the Darkness of WW 2

Ep 23 Part One: Jim Dorris - A Light in the Darkness of WW 2

Jim Dorris displayed an equal measure of courage and compassion in WW 2.  His deep Catholic faith provided him with a moral compass that guided him through combat at the Battle of the Bulge, Ingolshei...

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Ep. 22 - Murray Shapiro -  Serving Proudly even Behind Enemy Lines

Ep. 22 - Murray Shapiro - Serving Proudly even Behind Enemy Lines

As a Jewish American, Murray Shapiro couldn’t wait to volunteer in WW 2.  He was well aware of the Nuremberg Laws and the racist treatment Jewish people received in Germany.  He lost his spot in offic...

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Ep. 21 Colonel Lloyd Huggins - Leading Easy Company Thru the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and Beyond

Ep. 21 Colonel Lloyd Huggins - Leading Easy Company Thru the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and Beyond

Colonel Lloyd G. Huggins landed on Omaha Beach three weeks after D-Day as the replacement officer for Easy Company’s Infantry Regiment.  They were in continuous combat for nearly one year fighting thr...

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