For the lead up to this weekend&apos;s National Memorial Day Concert, Sunday May 24 at 8 pm ET on PBS, we are proud to present a sneak peek of our interview with a veteran being honored at the concert - US Navy veteran and Pearl Harbor defender Earl &quot;Chuck&quot; Kohler. His series starts Monday May 25th on Memorial Day. Please watch the concert for a dramatic telling of his story and then listen to our series starting Monday to hear his story told in his own words.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;For the lead up to this weekend&amp;apos;s National Memorial Day Concert, Sunday May 24 at 8 pm ET on PBS, we are proud to present a sneak peek of our interview with a veteran being honored at the concert - US Navy veteran and Pearl Harbor defender Earl &amp;quot;Chuck&amp;quot; Kohler. His series starts Monday May 25th on Memorial Day. Please watch the concert for a dramatic telling of his story and then listen to our series starting Monday to hear his story told in his own words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

For the lead up to this weekend's National Memorial Day Concert, Sunday May 24 at 8 pm ET on PBS, we are proud to present a sneak peek of our interview with a veteran being honored at the concert - US Navy veteran and Pearl Harbor defender Earl "Chuck" Kohler. His series starts Monday May 25th on Memorial Day. Please watch the concert for a dramatic telling of his story and then listen to our series starting Monday to hear his story told in his own words. Support the show 

Pearl Harbor Veteran - Earl "Chuck" Kohler - Sneak Peek Episode

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Col. Glenn Crum series. In this episode Col. Crum takes us to England and describes his experiences as a fighter pilot escorting B-17&apos;s from Nov 1944 - May 1945.National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Episode 2 of the Col. Glenn Crum series. In this episode Col. Crum takes us to England and describes his experiences as a fighter pilot escorting B-17&amp;apos;s from Nov 1944 - May 1945.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Col. Glenn Crum series. In this episode Col. Crum takes us to England and describes his experiences as a fighter pilot escorting B-17's from Nov 1944 - May 1945. National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII Support the show 

Col. Glenn Crum: P-51 Fighter Pilot, 356th Fighter Group, WWII - Episode 2 of 2

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Col. Glenn Crum series. Col. Crum was a P-51 fighter pilot and career Air Force serviceman, retiring as a Colonel in 1968. In this episode we hear about his inspiration for becoming a pilot and learn of his training beginning in 1942.National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Episode 1 of the Col. Glenn Crum series. Col. Crum was a P-51 fighter pilot and career Air Force serviceman, retiring as a Colonel in 1968. In this episode we hear about his inspiration for becoming a pilot and learn of his training beginning in 1942.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Col. Glenn Crum series. Col. Crum was a P-51 fighter pilot and career Air Force serviceman, retiring as a Colonel in 1968. In this episode we hear about his inspiration for becoming a pilot and learn of his training beginning in 1942. National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII Support the show 

Col. Glenn Crum: P-51 Fighter Pilot, 356th Fighter Group, WWII - Episode 1 of 2

Co-hosts Tony and Ryan dug DEEP into their archives and share the second interview they ever conducted as volunteers for the Library of Congress. It was February of 2003 when they interviewed Frank DeCicco Jr., who served as a waist gunner in B-17s during WW2.Join us as Frank recalls providing first aid to wounded airmen on his bomber, demonstrates how our P-38s and P-51s protected the bomber stream, and the gruesome story of combat in the 8th Air Force over Europe.National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Co-hosts Tony and Ryan dug DEEP into their archives and share the second interview they ever conducted as volunteers for the Library of Congress. It was February of 2003 when they interviewed Frank DeCicco Jr., who served as a waist gunner in B-17s during WW2.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join us as Frank recalls providing first aid to wounded airmen on his bomber, demonstrates how our P-38s and P-51s protected the bomber stream, and the gruesome story of combat in the 8th Air Force over Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;National Memorial Day Concert, Chuck Kohler, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, WWII&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1853724/support"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Co-hosts Tony and Ryan dug DEEP into their archives and share the second interview they ever conducted as volunteers for the Library of Congress. It was February of 2003 when they interviewed Frank DeCicco Jr., who served as a waist gunner in B-17s during WW2. Join us as Frank recalls providing first aid to wounded airmen on his bomber, demonstrates how our P-38s and P-51s protected the bomber stream, and the gruesome story of combat in the 8th Air Force over Europe. National Memorial Day Con...

Frank DeCicco Jr: B-17 Waist Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group, WW2 - Episode 3 of 3

Frank DeCicco Jr: B-17 Waist Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group, WW2 - Episode 2 of 3

We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield.&nbsp; 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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