2nd Lt. Earl L. Urban, KIA April 1945, 701st TD Battalion

John Radvak hailed from Pennsylvania and was the son of immigrants from Czechoslovakia.  He served as a ground crewmaan helping to keep B=26 Marauders in the air at home in the US and deployed in the ...

27 Sep 14min

Pvt. Michael Thomas McVeight served in the China India Burma Theater of WW2 in 782nd Military Police Battalion.  His letters home to his sister give a glimpse of a the experiences of a young man from ...

6 Sep 20min

PFC Wilbert E. Krieger wrote his letter home to his girl Helen Ruetz on May 30, 1943.  When he wrote this letter he had no idea what the next two years would bring for him - He didn't know that within...

22 Aug 18min

Please join me to hear the story of Cpl Homer Harry Johnson, A young immigrant family’s son.A delivery driver.A soldier who served his country despite losing an eye.A husband and father who built a li...

2 Aug 13min

In this episode of War and Family Letters Home, hear the story of S/2 Roger Scott Hertz, US Navy.  Enlisted on his 18th birthday and just 19 years old when he deployed for the Pacific theater of war.P...

26 Juli 13min

In this episode of War and Family Letters Home, we remember Pvt. Coy Lee Padgett, USMC, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 7, 1945. His story reflects the courage of a generation and the en...

19 Juli 13min

In this episode, we follow the remarkable journey of PFC Rhoades Ferguson Sawyer of Company I, 112th Infantry Regiment, from his childhood in Massachusetts to the brutal battlefields of the Hürtgen Fo...

4 Juli 16min

Welcome to War and Family Letters Home.For most people, the weather is simply something we complain about. For Corporal James Gledhill and the men of the 21st Weather Squadron, it was a weapon, a life...

27 Juni 15min