In 1942, the island of New Guinea served as a hinge between the Allies to the south in Australia and the Japanese Imperial Army to the north in the Philippines. For the Allies, holding Australia and regaining the Philippines required battling Japanese forces for control of New Guinea. The campaign lasted virtually the entire
Join us for an Eerie Conversation this Halloween as we talk all things military and veteran-related. We've SCARED up these great guests: John Kramer will tell us how to analyze U-2 and SR-71 surveillance images by interpreting satellite imagery. Three-time Purple Heart recipient James McCormick will talk about the Military Order of the Purple
Jack Boeki grew up in a Jewish family in Rotterdam, Netherlands, a city devastated by infamous German terror bombings and invasion in 1940. As the Nazi occupiers began hunting Dutch Jews for transportation to concentration camps, teenage Jack went into hiding. Like Houdini slipping a straight jacket, Jack managed to escape capture at every
During the Vietnam War, almost half of Viet Cong insurgents lived and worked in the Mekong Delta, the southernmost part of Vietnam crisscrossed by 3,000 miles of canals and streams. The waterways act as river roads and support thick, often impenetrable vegetation perfect for concealing guerrilla operations. In 1967, in an effort to take
One of the most imaginative, unique, and successful elements of the US war effort in Vietnam was the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF), a joint Army-Navy venture in the Mekong Delta launched in 1967. Joining us to talk about the MRF are self-described “old River Rats” Cliff Fejfar and Ed Werle, as well as Jeff
Sixty years ago, a U–2 spy plane spotted Intermediate-Range and Medium Range Ballistic Missiles on Cuba, triggering an international crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Tonight, we hear about the Cuban Missile Crisis from those who lived through while serving in the military. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast
