Send us a text For years the United States Marine Corps has had a recruiting tool called the ‘Buddy Program.’ Using the program, you could join with a friend and essentially be guaranteed to go through recruit training together. During World War II, eight young men from Weslaco, Texas took that theory to the extreme, joining the Marine Corps to serve their nation. One of those young men was Iwo Jima flag raiser, Harlan Block. In a continuation of our Pacific Theater programming, Andrew Booher...
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Send us a text For years the United States Marine Corps has had a recruiting tool called the ‘Buddy Program.’ Using the program, you could join with a friend and essentially be guaranteed to go through recruit training together. During World War II, eight young men from Weslaco, Texas took that theory to the extreme, joining the Marine Corps to serve their nation. One of those young men was Iwo Jima flag raiser, Harlan Block. In a continuation of our Pacific Theater programming, Andrew Booher...
Send us a text Stop by the pod for a quick tribute to the D-Day warriors on this 81st Anniversary of the attack on “Fortress Europe.” In this episode Joe reads a tribute to the men of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment describing their wait to launch Operation Overlord. He discusses their activities as well as their equipment loads, wrapping it up with a paratrooper’s account of landing in Normandy, and Ernie Pyle’s observations while taking a post-D-Day walk along Omaha Beach. This episod...
The "We're Not Lost, Private" Podcast
Send us a text For years the United States Marine Corps has had a recruiting tool called the ‘Buddy Program.’ Using the program, you could join with a friend and essentially be guaranteed to go through recruit training together. During World War II, eight young men from Weslaco, Texas took that theory to the extreme, joining the Marine Corps to serve their nation. One of those young men was Iwo Jima flag raiser, Harlan Block. In a continuation of our Pacific Theater programming, Andrew Booher...