On this week’s episode Doyle Rigdon joins us to discuss the 74th anniversary of D-Day
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Today in 1944: Over 200,000 Germans push into the wintry Ardennes in the opening phase of the Battle of the Bulge. As the largest battle in American Military History it was also one of the worst--with combatants enduring the most bitter European winter in decades. Beyond reading firsthand accounts, it is almost impossible to imagine the hardship they endured in the freezing temperatures.
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Discover Wtsp Camo M1 Helmet T-Shirt from WTSP, a custom product made just for you by Teespring. With world-class production and customer support, your satisfaction is guaranteed. - Support your New Favorite WWII Based Podcast...Oldest Pearl Harbor veteran, 106, gets a patriotic and fond farewell
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Oldest Pearl Harbor veteran remembered at patriotic funeral"We became cannibals. We were ready to kill anybody or anything . . . I'll have to admit [killing] didn't bother me a bit. I just did it, and in a gruesome sort of way I enjoyed it. I haven't killed a person since the war, and I wouldn't, but the enemy, it's him or me. If I don't get him, he'll get me."
- Pvt. George P. Furber, Company B, 4th Ranger Battalion.
Source: Garland, Joseph E. "Unknown Soldiers: Reliving World War II in Europe." Rockport, MA: Protean Press, 2009. Pp. 460-461.
Original photo caption: "L to R: Sgt. Compton and 2nd Lt. V.E. Vazzana demonstrating hand-to-hand combat methods of disarming an opponent with a trench knife. Position #4. Opponent is now ready for the kill. Camp Forrest, Tennessee, February 11, 1943. Second Army Ranger School."
Today in 1944: Over 200,000 Germans push into the wintry Ardennes in the opening phase of the Battle of the Bulge. As the largest battle in American Military History it was also one of the worst--with combatants enduring the most bitter European winter in decades. Beyond reading firsthand accounts, it is almost impossible to imagine the hardship they endured in the freezing temperatures.
New USMC M1 Helmet Shirt Available.
teespring.com
Discover Wtsp Camo M1 Helmet T-Shirt from WTSP, a custom product made just for you by Teespring. With world-class production and customer support, your satisfaction is guaranteed. - Support your New Favorite WWII Based Podcast...Oldest Pearl Harbor veteran, 106, gets a patriotic and fond farewell
latimes.com
Oldest Pearl Harbor veteran remembered at patriotic funeral"We became cannibals. We were ready to kill anybody or anything . . . I'll have to admit [killing] didn't bother me a bit. I just did it, and in a gruesome sort of way I enjoyed it. I haven't killed a person since the war, and I wouldn't, but the enemy, it's him or me. If I don't get him, he'll get me."
- Pvt. George P. Furber, Company B, 4th Ranger Battalion.
Source: Garland, Joseph E. "Unknown Soldiers: Reliving World War II in Europe." Rockport, MA: Protean Press, 2009. Pp. 460-461.
Original photo caption: "L to R: Sgt. Compton and 2nd Lt. V.E. Vazzana demonstrating hand-to-hand combat methods of disarming an opponent with a trench knife. Position #4. Opponent is now ready for the kill. Camp Forrest, Tennessee, February 11, 1943. Second Army Ranger School."
