Streamed live on December 2, 2024 Art McGann was waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator and flew 43 missions in the Pacific, including a record-breaking raid on Balikpapan, Borneo, on August 13, 1943. The bombing of Balikpapan was a defining moment for McGann and his unit, the 31st Bomb Squadron of the 13th U.S.
Streamed live on December 2, 2024 Being a “short timer” in Vietnam came when a Service Member's DEROS (Date of Eligibility for Return from Overseas) approached and they prepared to rotate out of an overseas assignment or deployment. This period can range from the final few months to the last days, but the closer
Streamed live on November 21, 2024 Tonight, for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, we discuss one of the longest and bloodiest battles fought by American forces in Europe during World War II. Taking place from September 1944 to February 1945, this battle unfolded in the dense Hürtgen Forest, located near
Streamed live on November 18, 2024 We are privileged to welcome Le Ly Hayslip, whose memoir, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, was the first to bring the story of a former Viet Cong and Vietnam refugee to American readers. Oliver Stone later made the book into a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee
Streamed live on November 14, 2024 In June 1944, the U.S. Army deployed an unusual and highly secretive unit to Normandy. Known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, this 1,100-man team went by a nickname: the Ghost Army. Their mission wasn’t to fight the enemy with traditional weapons but to deceive them using inflatable
Streamed live on November 11, 2024 Veterans Day Open Conversation ranges far and wide settling on this first opening question: is it right and proper to wish a veteran a "Happy Veterans Day." The consensus among our veterans is that it isn't, though Todd offers a tepid dissent. In the course of the conversation,
