This week in 1947, the United States Air Force was born as an independent branch of service. Listen to Air Force veterans share their reflections and stories. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Why didn't soldiers from WWII through Vietnam use their chin straps? We ask that question on Open Conversation. We also talk with author Carol Van Den Hende, USAF veteran hero Kristian Clayton, and 97-year-old Holocaust Survivor and GI Counter-Intelligence agent, Jack Boeki. Sponsored by Tobacco Free Adagio Health! Simulcast to Facebook and YouTube.
Did Unconditional Surrender lengthen the war? Why did Hirohito remain on the throne? Did Roosevelt give away Poland at Yalta? Did General George Patton had a high-pitched squeaky voice? This week, Glenn Flickinger moderates Open Conversation about World War II on Greatest Generation Live. We discuss these and other topics of your choosing, from Atabrine
Lt. Col. Malikah Morgan talks with us about her career, the Iraq War, her upcoming position at the Pentagon, and why she has “Grit” and “Grace” tattooed on her ribs. Plus, USAF vet and former VA specialist Ron Gionta tells us what the PACT Act means for veterans and the VA. Sponsored by Tobacco Free
Operation Babylift was the evacuation ordered by President Gerald Ford in April 1975 of thousands of Amerasian babies and children housed in orphanages throughout South Vietnam. After the crash of the first flight out on a military cargo plane, Pan Am rerouted two 747’s to Saigon to evacuate over 700 children. We talk several
If you served in Vietnam, most likely you arrived on a chartered flight. You probably went on R&R (if you got it) and came home the same way. Tonight, we meet twenty Pan Am flight attendants and others who volunteered for Vietnam duty. Among those joining us and sharing their stories are Nancy McAllister,
