We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield. We play selected clips from these v...
AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe - PART 2 of 2
Send us a textWe announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional content for TWND that our listeners may enjoy. These include historically rich locations around Wiltz, a field trip with Berten and Shane to various WWII battlefields, at tour of the Manhay Museum, a hike through the Hurtgen forest and much more! Support the show
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🔒 AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe - ALL PARTS
Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textWe announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional content for TWND that our listeners may enjoy. These include historically rich locations around Wiltz, a field trip with Berten and Shane to various WWII battlefields, at tour of the Manhay Museum, a hike through the Hurtgen forest and much more!
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AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe! - PART 1 of 2
Send us a textWe announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional content for TWND that our listeners may enjoy. These include historically rich locations around Wiltz, a field trip with Berten and Shane to various WWII battlefields, at tour of the Manhay Museum, a hike through the Hurtgen forest and much more! Support the show
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Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 3/3, Series 50: HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville
Send us a textWelcome to Episode 3 of the Hamlin-Morrell series. In our last episode, we learned the details of the sinkings of the SS Leopoldville, HMS Cappell and HMS Affleck around Christmas 1944 off Cherbourg. In this episode, follow up questions are asked in the original Zoom call and we piece together details that might never have been known if not for this amazing meeting of these two heroes.Support the show
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Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 2/3, Series 50; HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville
Send us a textWelcome to episode 2 of the Jack Hamlin-Morell Murphy series. In Episode 1 we discussed how this event came to be and we met our 2 veterans: Morell Murphy, an Irish sailor whose ship was sunk by a sub off Cherbourg and Jack Hamlin, a Coast Guardsman who came to his rescue. In this episode we discuss the events surrounding the sinking of the SS Leopoldville, HMS Cappell and HMS Affleck and give our reactions on each gentleman’s observations of the traumatic events.Support the show
We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield. We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!
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