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, Ingolsheim, Wurzburg, Schweinfurt, and Furth. He was a true light in the darkness of WW 2 resisting senseless cruelty whenever he saw it regardless of which side – be it the Nazis or the US GIs – who committed it. Nearly six months of combat wasn’t enough to prepare Dorris for the hell he witnessed when he walked through the gates of Dachau concentration camp to liberate it. Still, his deep faith guided him even there, and enabled him to find a sign of God’s love in the darkest of places. I am thrilled that Jim’s son and my good friend, Stephen Dorris, is joining us for these two episodes. Stephen will give voice to all of Jim Dorris’s quotes in both episodes.

Jim Dorris - My View of WW 2

Young Jim Dorris in uniform

Jim in basic training - picture taken to be sent to his mother

Jim and Charlotte Dorris church photo

Jim and Charlotte Dorris

Jim, his wife Charlotte, and all of his grandkids

Jim, John Ulferts, and John's daughter, Ashley, during our last visit

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

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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...

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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. 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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