Someone Talked!

We pay tribute to beloved scholar and historian Craig Symonds, who passed away on October 13, 2026, from complications due to cancer. 

This encore presentation of our November 2025 interview with Symonds at the America's History, LLC World War II conference includes a heartfelt introduction and close by John McManus.

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Kevin Hymel introduces Patton not as a larger-than-life myth, but as a human being as we wrap up our discussion of the author's three-volume work.

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Podcast regular Kevin Hymel discusses the third and final volume of his trilogy, which relies on Patton's original diaries and personal letters to tell the general's story. 

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Drew Dix, the first enlisted man in Special Forces to have been awarded the Medal of Honor, joins our hosts for a thoughtful discussion of what it means to wear our Nation's highest military decoration. 

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In this episode, our hosts reflect on America's semiquincentennial and the ever evolving fight for freedom since 1776.

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