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Veterans Day, 2025
More of my conversation with Major Clegg "Doc" Caffery
18 hrs ago • 
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A legendary commando, More on Whitside, and an old shrimp boat
History in a conversation at a tank battalion reunion
Nov 8 • 
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The tale of the telegram
And other stories from a tank battalion reunion
Nov 1 • 
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Prehistoric podcast studio found
My co-host and I revive the Kassel Mission Chronicles
Oct 24 • 
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'Mission 34 to Politz'
A tragic day for the 492nd Bomh Group
Oct 16 • 
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The dressing-down of doom
Battalion exec humiliated in front of the troops
Oct 8 • 
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My grandfather was grandfathered
And I call myself a historian. I never even knew he was a hero in World War 2
Oct 5 • 
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More on the story of Dot and Eddie
The tragic consequences of an intersection of lives
Sep 21 • 
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World War II Oral History
World War II Oral History
I discuss the themes and lessons of WW2 based on my hundreds of hours of recorded interviews and conversations with World War II veterans.
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