MacArthur's Perspective: MacArthur's Relief at 75
On April 11, 2026, the MacArthur Memorial marked the 75th anniversary of President Truman’s relief of General MacArthur with a half‑day symposium examining the event from both leaders’ perspectives an...
20 Maj 1h 5min
Finding Peace at Potsdam
Just weeks after World War II ended in Europe, Allied leaders President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate peace and sha...
5 Maj 43min
Truman's Perspective: MacArthur's Relief at 75
On April 11, 2026, the MacArthur Memorial marked the 75th anniversary of President Truman’s relief of General MacArthur with a half‑day symposium examining the event from both leaders’ perspectives an...
20 Apr 38min
Rose Valland and The Art Front
Many listeners are familiar with the Monuments Men and Women - the Allied military personnel who protected cultural treasures during World War II and then aided in post-war restitution. Rose Valland, ...
26 Mars 44min
The Last Titans: How Churchill and de Gaulle Saved Their Nations and Transformed the World
In the darkest days of World War II, two towering figures stood as the living embodiments of national defiance: Winston Churchill, the aristocratic bulldog of Great Britain, and Charles de Gaulle, the...
13 Mars 34min
The Chronicle of the 34th Naval Construction Battalion
On Friday, February 19, 2026, the MacArthur Memorial hosted a virtual event featuring Dr. Frank Blazich Jr., Curator of Military History at the Smithsonian National Museum of American. Dr. Blazich sha...
24 Feb 1h 4min
Nagasaki's Urakami Cathedral Bells
On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki, roughly 1600 feet away from the original Urakami Cathedral. The blast killed dozens inside the cathedral, and over...
19 Dec 202517min
