Stories of Arlington
Harry Phillips & Claus Cancel
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A podcast about the soldiers and service members who are buried or honored at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
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APR 15, 2019
The Organizer of Victory: George C. Marshall
The five-star General George C. Marshall organized the largest military expansion in U.S. history. He served as Chief of Staff during World War II and coordinated Allied Operations in Europe and the Pacific, and Churchill later called Marshall the...
23 MIN
MAR 17, 2019
Behind enemy lines: William Egan Colby
This episode is about William Egan Colby. He served as an OSS agent during World War II and took part in top secret missions behind enemy lines in occupied France and Norway. Later he became director of the CIA.
24 MIN
FEB 23, 2019
Fighting in Normandy: Matt Urban
Shortly after D-Day Matt Urban destroyed two German Panther tanks with a bazooka, and even though he was severely wounded he kept on fighting and refused to be taken away from the front line.
19 MIN
FEB 16, 2019
Captured by the Japanese: Ruby Grace Bradley
Ruby Grace Bradley was captured along with many other American service men and women when the Japanese invaded the Philippines at the end of 1941 following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Even though the ruthless Japanese guards didn't allow her to treat...
16 MIN
JAN 27, 2019
The Dolittle Raid
James H. Doolittle led the first air attack on Japan in the spring of 1942, just four month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He received the Medal of Honor for the effort even though all the planes involved in the attack were lost. This is...
13 MIN
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