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MARS Radio Operators on VBC Happy Hour

If you served overseas during the Cold War, you likely used a MARS—“Military Auxiliary (or Affiliate) Radio System”—to phone home. MARS was a network of military and amateur radio operators who created high frequency radio “phone patches” connecting servicemen and women across the world to folks back in the US. Tonight, on VBC Happy

Kaiten: Japanese Suicide Submarines in World War II on VBC Happy Hour

Most students of WWII have heard of Kamikaze –Japanese for “Divine Wind”--who launched suicide air attacks against Allied ships. Fewer know the term Kaiten—meaning “Heaven Shaker”—the word given to the Kamikazes’ underwater counterparts. Tonight, on VBC Happy Hour, we welcome (live from Japan!) members of Kaiten Kenshokai, an organization made up of family members

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