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Running Over the Enemy: S/Sgt. Herbert H. Burr

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S/Sgt. Burr was awarded the Medal of Honor for running over an anti-tank gun and destroying an enemy truck with his tank before braving sniper fi...
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Introducing: Everything Everywhere Daily (Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto)

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Today we're sharing an episode of Everything Everywhere Daily about Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, which we think you'll enjoy...
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The Battle of Monte Cassino: COL Young Oak Kim Part I

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:120
COL Kim served with the famous 100th Infantry Battalion in WWII, and fought at the Battle of Monte Cassino....
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5th Ranger Battalion on D-Day: S/Sgt.Charles Klein

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:114
S/Sgt. Klein commanded a section of riflemen in the 5th Ranger Battalion, and was a part of one of the first units to land on D-Day....
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Christmas as a POW: Rick Render

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Render describes the Christmas of 1944, when he spent all day waiting in line to enter a German prison camp....
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Pearl Harbor, Northern Italy, and the Medal of Honor: Capt. Daniel Inouye

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After witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor from his home in Hawaii, Daniel Inouye, a second-generation Japanese American, enlisted in the US Army...
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Capt. Inouye describes how his regiment climbed a treacherous cliff in order to flank a German company in WWII....
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The Battle of Merville Gun Battery: Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway DSO

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:110
Otway describes successfully neutralizing a crucial German battery in the hours before the Normandy Invasion, despite having a fraction of the me...
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Otway describes successfully neutralizing a crucial German battery in the hours before the Normandy Invasion, despite having a fraction of the me...
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Battalion Surgeon in the Bulge: CPT Loran B. Morgan M.D.

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Captain Loran B. Morgan M.D. served as a battalion surgeon and paratrooper in the Army during World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge a...
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CPT Morgan recounts watching an entire group of doctors and nurses die at the hands of the Germans during WWII....
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B-17 Crewmember in WWII: LtC. James Wirth

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:108
LtC. Wirth served as a togglier (similar to a bombardier) in a B-17 bomber during WWII....
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LtC. Wirth served as a togglier (similar to a bombardier) in a B-17 bomber during WWII....
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Demolition Unit on D-Day: ENS Nathan Irwin

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ENS Irwin was tasked with destroying obstacles during the Invasion of Normandy....
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Blowing a Path Through Omaha Beach: BM1 Nelson Dubroc

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BM1 Dubroc served in the Normandy Invasion with a Naval Combat Demolition Unit....
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Capt. Harold Sperber: In the Hours Before D-Day

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Capt. Sperber served in WWII as Pathfinder co-pilot, and was hit over Normandy during a mission right before the D-Day invasion....
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Maj. Richard Jacobson: Pathfinder Pilot in Normandy

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:101
Maj. Jacobson served as a pathfinder pilot during WWII, and fought in the Invasion of Normandy....
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S/Sgt. Alfred Bell: Bleeding in the Basement

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Fighting tooth and nail, S/Sgt. Bell lost his eye, a large portion of his left hand, and most of his fingers in order to successfully evacuate an ...
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S1c Richard Coombs: Crawling Through the Sands of Omaha

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S1c Coombs describes crawling up the beach past hundreds of dead and wounded soldiers in the first wave of the Normandy Invasion....
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T/Sgt Donald Malarkey: Band of Brothers

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T/Sgt Malarkey served as a Paratrooper in WWII, and fought in the Invasion of Normandy. The HBO show Band of Brothers tells the story of Malarkey ...
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