Col. (Ret) Patricia Blassie joins us to talk about her 40-year Air Force career and also about her older brother, Michael, who was killed during Operation Linebacker on May 11, 1972. “The last day we took him to the airport as he left for Vietnam, Michael looked back at us and waved. We had
Air Force veteran Jake Barsottini shares memories of April 24, 1980, when a joint Special Operations force launched a hostage rescue attempt in Iran. The day ended with eight Americans dead, several destroyed aircraft, and an aborted mission. The failure helped to doom the Carter Administration and inspired a top-to-bottom rethinking of how Special
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Tonight, we're talking with author Geoff Roecker of Missing Marines and Navy Cross recipient and 26-year Marine veteran Justin LeHew of History Flight. We’ll also try to get Justin to talk about why he’s called “The Hero of Nasiriyah” and what the "LeHew's Challenge" at Parris Island is all about.
Should We Stay or Should We Go? Join us tonight to hear Afghan War Veterans (including Army Colonel, Dennis McGurk) and author of the THE HARDEST PLACE, Wesley Morgan, discuss the recently announced Afghan withdrawal. We'll break down the points both for and against the withdrawal and hear stories from America's longest war.
We're live this morning with ARVN veteran Chieu Le and MACV-SOG veteran Dick Thompson. Tune in!
