Angel Fire
In a remote mountain town, a father turns his devastating personal loss into a place for public healing and remembrance.
31 Aug 202330min
CHOOK
U.S. and Australian forces have fought side-by-side in every major conflict since World War I, and some 60,000 Australian service members served in the Vietnam War. August 18 is Vietnam Veterans Day i...
17 Aug 202334min
The Red Scarf
While pursuing his lifelong ambition of becoming an infantry platoon leader, John Hedley overcame a lot of obstacles. His reward at the end of that long, difficult road was a tour in Vietnam starting ...
25 Juli 202359min
POSTSCRIPT: Denny and the Sculptor
In EP55 we shared the story of Dennis Lobbezoo, one of 142 service members whose names are on the wall and who were born on the fourth of July. In this postscript, his then-fiancée Joyce Washburn shar...
14 Juli 202311min
Born on the Fourth of July
July 4th is the birthday of the United States of America. It’s also the birthday of 142 service members whose names are on The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This is the story of one of them —...
4 Juli 202346min
Tunnel Rats (Part 2)
In the wake of Operation Cedar Falls, tunnel-rat duties in the 1st Infantry Division were transferred to the 1st Engineer Battalion where men began to specialize in it. In this episode, we’ll hear per...
21 Juni 202336min
Tunnel Rats (Part 1)
Communist forces in South Vietnam used vast networks of subterranean tunnels as hiding places, bomb shelters, weapons factories, food stores, headquarters… even surgical hospitals. In this episode we’...
7 Juni 202330min
Unwavering
There are more than 72,000 U.S. service members still unaccounted for from World War II -- a war we fought in for four years. The number missing after 20 years of combat in Afghanistan? Zero. That’s n...
10 Maj 202333min
