Warriors In Their Own Words

First Person War Stories

The unsanitized truth of what we have asked of those who defend this nation. From archived tapes of WWI veterans, to conversations with modern-day warriors, these are their stories, in their own words.

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Falling Out of the Sky: COL Francis “Gabby” Gabreski

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Gabreski was the leading U.S. flying ace in the European Theater during World War II....
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The Burma-Siam Death Railway: CPO Otto Schwarz

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CPO Schwarz was captured by the Japanese during WW2 and spent four years as a POW....
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The Wild Weasels: Capt. Tom “Bear” Wilson

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Captain Wilson served with the Wild Weasels in Vietnam, tasked with drawing fire away from friendly aircraft and destroying surface to air missile...
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Addiction and Trauma: SSgt Sam Hargrove

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SSgt Hargrove describes surviving a base bombing in Iraq, and how the attack left her with physical and mental trauma....
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More About Warriors In Their Own Words and The HONOR Project

Warriors In Their Own Words brings to life the stories of those who have defended
this nation. Using archival interviews going back to WWI, as well as current
conversations about more recent conflicts, we hear remarkable accounts of service
and sacrifice from those who lived them. These podcasts are a production of The
HONOR Project: Heroes of Our Nation On Record.

Since 1991, the award-winning documentarians of the HONOR Project have been
recording and archiving the remarkable and very personal stories of veterans from
World War I through modern conflicts. To provide an ongoing structure for the
preservation of these stories, recounted by those who lived them, The HONOR
Project has joined with Evergreen Podcasts to present these important histories.
Our team is in the business of reporting history, and right now, these incredibly
candid stories from a passing generation are what America wants to hear. We
didn’t just sit these men down with a list of questions and ask them to reel off facts.
We let them speak from the heart and captured all the emotion of their
experiences.

By wrapping contextual narration around these astonishing stories and adding
high quality production values, we have produced podcasts which are not only
educational, but fascinating as well, along the lines of Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest
Generation, or HBO’s Band of Brothers. Many of these veterans are no longer with
us, so their accounts need to be remembered and archived. There simply is no
substitute for listening to these men tell us their own experiences, in their own
words and voices.

If you enjoy hearing these stories directly from those who lived them, please give
us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you found us. Thank you.

The Team

Ken Harbaugh

The Host
A former US Navy Pilot & past president of Team Rubicon Global; served as a commentator for NPR; a host on Crooked Media; & a contributor to The NY Times & The Atlantic.

Declan Rohrs

Producer
Declan (He/Him) was born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio. At Evergreen, he has assumed various roles, including Producer, Editor, and Email-Signature Guru.

Sean Rule Hoffman

Audio Engineer
Sean is a Senior Audio Engineer and has been helping clients create quality podcasts since 2019.