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 often wished to receive a “million dollar wound” – a battlefield injury that would send the soldier back home away from fighting, but not one that was bad enough to kill them or leave them permanently maimed. Chase received at least two million dollar wounds, but each time he begged his commanding officers to send him back to the front. As an infantryman, he was fiercely loyal to the men he served with and couldn’t leave their side as long as they were in danger. After the war, Chase found it easier to share his painful memories in poems. This podcast tells the story of Chase’s service in two cataclysmic wars.

Young Donald Chase

Donald Chase in uniform

Donald Chase in his later years

Korean War

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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. ...

27 Dec 202530min

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.  ...

13 Dec 202520min

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 Nov 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...

15 Nov 202524min

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...

1 Nov 202522min

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...

18 Okt 202553min

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...

4 Okt 202542min

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