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The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Part 1)

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In Memory Honor Roll Call: 1993-2023

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The Long Shadow of War

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Frederick W. Smith - Memorial Day 2024

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Front Man

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Echoes of the Vietnam War - Trailer

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55:01

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, Part 2

Просмотров 16614 дней назад

We conclude an Honor Flight for Navy SEALs who served in Vietnam by exploring more of the connections between these special warfare operators and the people whose lives they’ve impacted, including each other’s.

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Part 1)

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The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Part 1)

Просмотров 190Месяц назад

On an Honor Flight full of Navy SEALs who served during the Vietnam War, we learn about the origins and training of the earliest SEAL teams and hear first-hand accounts of some of their triumphs and tragedies in Southeast Asia.

3:30:49

In Memory Honor Roll Call: 1993-2023

Просмотров 3,6 тыс.Месяц назад

The In Memory Honor Roll Call of the more than 6,000 Vietnam veterans that have been honored through In Memory from 1993 - 2023. Their names are read by year of induction to the In Memory program - alphabetically within the year - and show their photos from the In Memory Honor Roll. The names of 2024 honorees will NOT be read - we want the families of those honorees to be the first to read thei...

50:16

The Long Shadow of War

Просмотров 141Месяц назад

June is National PTSD Awareness Month and June 16th is Father’s Day. In this episode we bring you an interview with a father and son who have traveled together on the long road from trauma to healing.

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Frederick W. Smith - Memorial Day 2024

Просмотров 1,9 тыс.Месяц назад

Frederick W. Smith, Founder and Executive Chairman of FedEx Corporation, embodies a legacy steeped in service, leadership, and a commitment to excellence. Born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Smith entered Yale to pursue a degree in economics in 1962. After graduating from Yale in 1966, he served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, which included two tours of duty in Vietnam. ...

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Front Man

Просмотров 1152 месяца назад

Bruce Springsteen’s song “The Wall” was inspired, in large part, by a musician he idolized in his youth. Walter Cichon was the front man for a band called the Motifs, who were taking the New Jersey shore by storm in mid-to-late 1960’s. Walter’s voice was forever silenced in Vietnam when he was just 21 years old, but his indomitable spirit lives on through those who knew him - including, to a su...

Wall Talk - Tour of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Wall Talk - Tour of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Просмотров 3,7 тыс.2 месяца назад

Learn about the history, the symbolism, and the power of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Narrated by National Park Service and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Volunteer Allen McCabe. To learn more about VVMF's work, visit: www.vvmf.org To learn more about The Wall, visit: www.vvmf.org/About-The-Wall The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is the nonprofit organization that built t...

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The Hero in Your Midst

Просмотров 1492 месяца назад

Alfred Coke served 730 days in Vietnam and he estimates that he received enemy fire on 400 of them. He was wounded multiple times, and he has both the scars and the decorations to prove it. He never gave much thought to his own trauma until he formed an unlikely friendship with Allan Danroth, a Canadian engineer nearly three decades his junior. In this episode, we bring you an inspiring story o...

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Cherries Writer

Просмотров 1543 месяца назад

In 1970-71, John Podlaski spent twelve months in Vietnam - seven with the Wolfhounds of the 25th Infantry Division, and five with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. John never dreamed that he’d become a writer, but his first novel, Cherries, led to five more books and a hugely popular website (cherrieswriter.com) that is a community chest of first-person stories, information, ...

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Fortunes

Просмотров 1293 месяца назад

Forty-nine years ago this month, thousands of South Vietnamese children were airlifted to the U.S. and other Western countries in a mass evacuation known as Operation Babylift. In this episode, you’ll hear the incredible story of one of those children, including her reunion - 44 years later - with her birth mother in Vietnam.