“Dad, I Can’t Talk About It.”
Many of the World War II combat veterans we’re hearing from this season didn’t talk about their service experiences for most of their lives. On the first of this two-part episode, we explore the histo...
16 Joulu 201921min
Farming for the Front Lines
6 million men left farm life between 1940 and 1945. Some, like Air Corp Staff Sergeant Harold Bud Long, left to join the Service. Setting out and maintaining 47 air strips across Europe, Bud took part...
9 Joulu 201924min
Food Service within the Service
Young William Walker was determined to succeed. Despite segregation in the service during World War II, William rose to Chief Petty Officer First Class in the Navy – an uncommon position of authority ...
2 Joulu 201924min
Airmen Flew High
Lt. Colonel George Hardy wanted to be an engineer. Not a cook. But at the start of World War 2, African Americans were only given mess attendant positions in the Navy – the branch he wanted to join. A...
25 Marras 201925min
“I Came Off in Waist-Deep Water”
Army Private 1st Class John Bistrica was in the 1st Infantry Division – nicknamed “Big Red One” – on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. His story balances watchful anticipation and fierce action as he moves from ...
18 Marras 201922min
"Why Am I Alive?"
Fresh out of high school in Brooklyn, New York, Frank Devita joined the Coast Guard in the summer of 1943. He then met adulthood in the bloody waters off of the Normandy beaches on D-Day and while cri...
11 Marras 201924min
For the Mechanically Minded
On this supporting episode of SERVICE, we take a quick dive into P-40 planes, foxholes, trenches, and hedgerows. Some major engineering advancements came about during World War II, helping our veteran...
11 Marras 20197min
“We Gave Them the Food from Our Mess Kits”
On this first episode of SERVICE, World War II veteran Pasquale D’Ambrosio of the Army’s 96th Division shares how the Great Depression and natural disasters affected his Keene, New Hampshire community...
11 Marras 201924min
