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Episode 5/5 Specialist Don Muntz - Vietnam 14th Combat Engineer - Mine Sweeper, Purple Heart
02/11/2026 | 34 mins.
Welcome to the final episode of the Specialist Don Muntz series. In this final and touching episode, Don looks back on the impact the injury has had on his family and life. He also discusses his relationship with an Illinois Congressman who visited him in the hospital, and he help to make aware of the grievous injuries that America's fighting men were sustaining in Vietnam.
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Episode 4/5 Specialist Don Muntz - Vietnam 14th Combat Engineer - Mine Sweeper, Purple Heart
26/10/2026 | 31 mins.
Welcome to episode 4 of the 5 part Don Muntz series. In this moving episode, Don describes the explosion that altered his life forever.
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Episode 3/5 Specialist Don Muntz - Vietnam 14th Combat Engineer - Mine Sweeper, Purple Heart
19/10/2026 | 31 mins.
Welcome to episode 3 of the Don Muntz series. In this episode Don describes the methods used to detect and disarm mines while working in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive..
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Episode 2/5 Specialist Don Muntz - Vietnam 14th Combat Engineer - Mine Sweeper, Purple Heart
12/10/2026 | 27 mins.
Welcome to Episode 2 of 5 of the Don Muntz series. In this episode as Don describes his travel to Vietnam, learning which unit he would be joining and passing thru the city of Hue shortly after the battle ended.
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Episode 1/5 Specialist Don Muntz - Vietnam 14th Combat Engineer - Mine Sweeper, Purple Heart
05/10/2026 | 33 mins.
Welcome to the Don Muntz series. Don was a combat engineer working in mine sweeping and detection activities when he was seriously injured in August of 1968 near the DMZ. In this episode we meet Don and hear about his draft into the US Army and eventual deployment to Vietnam.
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About The Warrior Next Door Podcast

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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