Someone Talked!: Recent Episodes
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The Boys in the Light follows the parallel journeys of Company D and Eddie Willner, the author’s father, as they are caught up on two sides of World War II.
Author Nina Willner joins us to discuss her highly acclaimed 2025 book.
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Author Bruce Henderson returns with more on the American bomber crews and Allied secret agents who would later be known as the "Carpetbaggers" and their daring operation to aid the French Resistance in WWII.
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In his latest book, Bruce Henderson tells the untold history of a top-secret operation in the run-up to D-Day in which American flyers and Allied spies carried out some of the most daring cloak-and-dagger operations of World War II.
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One of the world's preeminent naval historians, Jon Parshall, returns to explore the Pacific War with our hosts.
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As the world commemorates the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, an update on the Memorial's decades-long effort to know, by name, each of the Allied fallen of 6 June 1944.
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In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, PRESSURE follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Group Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. Starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina, and Damian Lewis. Director Anthony Maras joins Someone Talked! ahead of the film's North American release.
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Created exclusively for the National D-Day Memorial by the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech – When We Went In: The D-Day Experience in Light and Sound transforms the Memorial into a stunning, multi-media sensory experience.
Go behind the scenes with the creative team responsible for the immersive masterpiece that retells the story of the Normandy invasion through authentic, first-hand accounts of the men and women who lived through June 6, 1944.
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Someone Talked! celebrates its 100th original episode and the 25th anniversary of the National D-Day Memorial with this special conversation with Byron Dickson. Dickson, the Memorial's architect, spills the behind the scenes secrets of how what was once imagined a simple, local tribute became the world-class monument we know today.
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Holocaust historian Waitman Beorn returns with more from his award-winning book Between the Wires, based on extensive archival research of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine.
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Janowska remains one of the least-known sites of the Holocaust, despite being one of the deadliest. Between the Wires tells for the first time the history of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine. Author and historian Waitman Beorn joins our hosts to discuss his acclaimed work.
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From Army Rangers to a wedding ring, forget what you've heard. Our hosts have the real stories behind some popular myths and urban legends of D-Day and WWII.
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In this episode, the latest efforts to recover America's protected documents and artifacts with investigative archivist Mitch Yockelson. Plus, a book update and a Bedford Boy's beloved guitar.
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Recorded November 8, 2025
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear a conversation with conference attendee Alexa O'Hara.
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
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Recorded November 8, 2025
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear conversations with David Barrett and Flint Whitlock.
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.
Recorded November 8, 2025
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear conversations with Craig Symonds and James Triesler.
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.
Recorded November 8, 2025
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear conversations with Jonathan Parshall and Charles Neimeyer.
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
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In this bonus episode, Dr. John C. McManus presents "Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible." This presentation was recorded live at the 6th annual World War II Conference in the Richmond, Virginia area on November 8, 2025.
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
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Call them "ugly and unorthodox," but Allied landing craft were there to win a war, not a beauty pageant. We explore their design, production, and use on all five D-Day beaches with curator and author Andrew Whitmarsh.
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A look at Robert Capa's D-Day photos through the critical eye of historian and photographic analyst Chuck Herrick.
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Our co-hosts attempt to "stump the chumps," as host John C. McManus and guest Kevin Hymel discuss their new interactive podcast.
We pack Four Hours of Fury into one with James Fenelon. The paratrooper turned author shares the untold story of World War II's largest airborne invasion, one that dropped 17,000 Allied paratroopers deep into Nazi Germany.
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It's game on as we continue our conversation with Luke Hughes, creator of Burden of Command, the role-playing game inspired by host John C. McManus' American Courage, American Carnage.
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Do you have what it takes to lead? You're a company Captain in the tactical leadership role-playing game Burden of Command, based on host John C. McManus' book American Courage, American Carnage. Game designer Luke Hughes joins the podcast.
During WWII, the U.S. government declared, “final disposition of our soldiers’ remains, in accordance with the wishes of their loved ones, is an inherent obligation of the Government as the final gesture of a grateful country to those who paid the supreme sacrifice.” In this episode, our hosts discuss the keeping of that promise, from the war-era “Return of the Dead Program” to the efforts that continue to bring home our fallen more than 80 years later
With 80 years now passed since Japan signed the formal surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri, our hosts explore the end of WWII in the Pacific and Asia
We continue our discussion of the 24 deadliest hours for U.S. service members during World War II with Rona Simmons, author of No Average Day.
October 24, 1944, is not a day of national remembrance. Yet, more Americans serving in World War II perished on that day than on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, on June 6, 1944, when the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, or on any other single day of the war. In No Average Day, author Rona Simmons takes us hour by hour and incident by incident
"James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign."
Find out why our host, John C. McManus, says that as Holland returns to Someone Talked! with part 2 of our discussion of Cassino '44. Holland follows a rich cast of characters from both sides to create this compelling and often heart-breaking narrative, told in the moment, as the events played out, and from the perspective of those who lived, fought, and died there. t
There is no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943. And yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard, thus setting the stage for one of the grimmest and most attritional campaigns of the Second World War. James Holland tells the definitive account of this brutal battle in Cassino '44.
Hailed as the most important book ever written about the conduct of the Catholic Church in WWII, we have more of The Pope at War with author David Kertzer.
With Pius XII's archives finally opened, David Kertzer paints a new, dramatic portrait of what the pope did and did not do as war enveloped Europe from 1939 to 1945.
With his book tour underway for Remember Us, we continue our conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert M. Edsel.
This episode begins with a look back at The Monuments Men, Robert M. Edsel's bestseller—which served as the basis for Academy Award recipient George Clooney’s 2014 film. Then our hosts delve into Edsel's highly anticipated, newly released book, Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II.
Podcast regular Chris Kolakowski returns with more from the mind of General Simon Buckner in his latest work Tenth Army Commander.
General Simon Buckner's chief of staff thought his daily notes were the makings of a post-war memoir, but the papers ended up scattered after the general's death. Buckner's diary is now fully published in the book Tenth Army Commander, edited by Chris Kolakowski.
Kara Dixon Vuic, a leading scholar on gender in the military, is back with more on the female experience on the front lines.
They brought the home front to the front lines entertaining American servicemen overseas from World War I to Iraq and Afghanistan. Now author Kara Dixon Vuic brings The Girls Next Door to the podcast.
More students join the conversation with their questions for Linda Hervieux about the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion.
Author Linda Hervieux discusses the untold stories of D-Day's Black heroes with our hosts and takes questions from high school scholars.
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC.
In this episode, hear our own John McManus' conference presentation: "To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945."
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear conversations with Charles Neimeyer and Paul Clifford
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear conversations with Gina DiNicolo and Christopher Kolakowski.
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
Joining our hosts for this episode are president of America's History, LLC and conference founder, Bruce Venter; Edward Lengel, Head of Faculty for the conference; and Pete Kessler, WWII aficionado and conference attendee.
Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear conversations with Rick Beyer and David Gutierrez.
Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts.
In this episode, hear conversations with Donald Miller and Flint Whitlock.
pecial thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on future events.
"Let's make a movie!" Kevin Hymel takes us to the table read for The Six Triple Eight and shares more behind the scenes details as the movie's on-set military history advisor.
Hollywood came calling for the rights to Kevin Hymel's 2019 article on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which became the basis for Tyler Perry's latest project on Netflix.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.Craig Symonds, Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, returns to continue our discussion of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay.
Learn about the lesser-known mission, “Saving Lt. Plateck” as told by Corporal Herschel Brohinsky in our “We Salute You” segment.
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Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.America's preeminent naval historian Craig Symonds joins our hosts to discuss his latest work, the first full-length portrait of Chester Nimitz in more than 50 years.In our “We Salute You” segment, hear the first-hand account of James Buchanan, a junior officer on Nimitz' staff.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.
Jennet Conant returns to the podcast with her latest work, a spirited portrait of twentieth-century war correspondent Maggie Higgins and her tenacious fight to the top in a male-dominated profession.
Jennet Conant is the New York Times best-selling author of Tuxedo Park, 109 East Palace, The Irregulars, The Great Secret, and the critically acclaimed Man of the Hour. She returns to Someone Talked! to discuss her latest work Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins.
Eight decades after giving their lives in the cause of freedom, the National D-Day Memorial's necrology research team identified fifteen men who fell on D-Day. These additions and other updates bring the the number of names on the Memorial's wall to 4,426 - the most complete accounting of D-Day fallen in the world.
Our hosts reflect on the 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in both Normandy, France and Bedford, Virginia.
We wrap up our 80th anniversary commemoration month episodes with the return of Sand and Steel author Peter Caddick-Adams.
Caddick–Adams was born in London in 1960 and educated at Shrewsbury School, Sandhurst and Wolverhampton University, where he gained First Class Honours in War Studies; he received his PhD from Cranfield University. He worked in the House of Commons, then taught at Oxford and Birmingham Universities before being appointed Lecturer in Military and Security Studies at the UK Defence Academy in 1998, and Lecturer in Air Power Studies at RAF Halton since 2012. Concurrently, he pursued a second career in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces, was commissioned in 1979 and joined the Reserves in 1985.He has extensive experience of various war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. During 1996–7 he was the official NATO Historian in Bosnia, based in Sarajevo, and was also the UK Historian during the Iraq War of 2003.
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, our hosts are joined by renowned military historian Peter Caddick-Adams to discuss his 2019 book Sand and Steel.
Caddick–Adams was born in London in 1960 and educated at Shrewsbury School, Sandhurst and Wolverhampton University, where he gained First Class Honours in War Studies; he received his PhD from Cranfield University. He worked in the House of Commons, then taught at Oxford and Birmingham Universities before being appointed Lecturer in Military and Security Studies at the UK Defence Academy in 1998, and Lecturer in Air Power Studies at RAF Halton since 2012. Concurrently, he pursued a second career in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces, was commissioned in 1979 and joined the Reserves in 1985.He has extensive experience of various war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. During 1996–7 he was the official NATO Historian in Bosnia, based in Sarajevo, and was also the UK Historian during the Iraq War of 2003.
Broadcasting live from Bedford, Virginia, and Normandy, France, the National D-Day Memorial presents "Someone Talked!" featuring special guest Paul Woodadge.
Recorded LIVE on May 17th, 2024.
The Paratrooper Generals author Mitch Yockelson returns with more on Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. The 2020 book is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day, describing the extraordinary courage and leadership they demonstrated throughout the most important American campaign of World War II.
Yockelson is the author of 6 books and as the Investigative Archivist Manager leading the Archival Recovery Program for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), he investigates theft and fraud cases of America's protected government records and historical artifacts.
Author Mitch Yockelson joins us with insights from his latest work, The Paratrooper Generals: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy.
Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. During D-Day and the Normandy campaign, these commanders of the 82nd “All-American” and the 101st “Screaming Eagle” Airborne Divisions refused to remain behind the lines and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their paratroopers in the thick of combat.
Yockelson is the Investigative Archivist Manager for the National Archives and Records Administration, a historian, and professor.
We pick up our conversation on Italy in WWII with renowned historian James Holland, author of The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943.
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland returns to Someone Talked! to discuss his latest book The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943, in which he narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign.
Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, returns with more stories of extraordinary women who stepped out of line and into history during WWII, forever altering the world's landscape.
A renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership, General Eder is the former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Joint and Special Troops Support Command, former Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and former Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army.
This Women's History Month, Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, discusses her book, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of WWII. This page-turning narrative, crafted with meticulous historical accuracy, provides a fresh perspective on the integral roles that women played during WWII.
A renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership, General Eder is the former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Joint and Special Troops Support Command, former Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and former Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army.
Matthew F. Delmont's Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad was named Book of the Year by TIME and Publishers Weekly and is a New York Times Notable Book.
This Black History Month, Delmont returns to discuss the more than one million Black soldiers who helped win World War II abroad but came home to face widespread racism.
This Black History Month author Matthew F. Delmont joins the program to discuss Half American, his definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective.
Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College, a Guggenheim Fellow and expert on African American history and the history of civil rights.
Multi-award-winning-author Rich Frank further discusses his research on the often-overlooked Asia-Pacific War and the forthcoming volumes in his narrative history trilogy.
In this episode, James Holland and twin brothers walk into a pub… The author shares that and other tales of memorable veterans who inspired his work. In “We Salute You” Rudolph Arthur was there for the capture of a German U-Boat on the high seas, just days before D-Day.
In this episode, Brothers in Arms author James Holland recounts the harrowing tails of the Sherwood Rangers, the legendary tank unit that would receive the most battle honors of any unit ever in the British army. Both a combat story and a human story, we discuss memorable characters and how scarred ground reveals where history took place. A special tribute to Hershel “Woody” Williams, the longest surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII in our “We Salute You” segment.
Richard B. Frank is a graduate of the University of Missouri and Georgetown University Law Center. He served in the Vietnam War with the 101st Airborne Divisions as an aero rifle platoon leader.
Frank is an independent scholar specializing in the Asia-Pacific War and served as a consultant for the HBO miniseries The Pacific. He joins the program to discuss Tower of Skulls, the first volume of his trilogy covering the entire Asia-Pacific War from 1937-1945.
Self-proclaimed "groupie for the 1st Division" Gregory Fontenot returns to further discuss his divisional history of The Big Red One.
In "We Salute You," as a child Charles Chibitty was sent to a school to erase his native tongue. Ironically, the U.S. government would later rely on Chibitty's indigenous language on D-Day.
Col. Gregory Fontenot joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II.
As a soldier in a graves registration company, Robert Berry cared for D-Day's fallen and later helped the National D-Day Memorial develop the world's most complete account of those lost that day. His legacy of service in "We Salute You."
2023 National Infantry Association Order of St. Maurice recipient Joe Balkoski rejoins the podcast. As research moves from veteran accounts to archeology, we discuss the future of D-Day scholarship.
Blinded while in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, Thomas Gagnet would later testify in the war crimes trials in Japan, with the hope that just punishment would help prevent another war. We honor his service in "We Salute You."
Named "top living D-Day historian" by USA Today, author Joe Balkoski takes us back to Utah Beach.
In "We Salute You," we honor Peter Monsma, a Dutch native who would return to the Netherlands while serving his adopted home as a U.S. Army chaplain.
Our hosts jump right into the airborne experience in Normandy in this discussion of paratroopers and gliders.
In "We Salute You," we honor, Herman Addleson, a paratrooper who was so eager to serve but lost his life in the early hours of D-Day.
Peggy Noonan wasn't alive when Rangers scaled the cliffs but was tasked with writing President Reagan's speech to be delivered at Pointe du Hoc. In the audience - the veterans who saved the world. No pressure!
As an army photographer, Kegham Nigohosian was supposed to capture the history Noonan would write about at Pointe du Hoc. We honor his service in out "We Salute You" segment.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Paratrooper-turned-historian James M. Fenelon re-joins our hosts to discuss the 11 th
Airborne Division’s Pacific campaigns, narrated in his latest book Angels Against the
Sun.
English at birth and American by wartime, Charles Rippon returned to England to train
but never made it home to Pennsylvania after D-Day. The story of his service is in our
“We Salute You” segment.
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more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at
podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Four Hours of Fury author James M. Fenelon goes from Europe to the Pacific as he
chronicles another lesser-known airborne unit in his latest book, Angels Against the
Sun.
In “We Salute You,” we honor the service of paratrooper Don Jakeway and tell you the
story of his wristwatch, which became a silent witness to history not once, but three
times.
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more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at
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Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
In this episode, historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck shares more profiles of World War
II heroines of aviation, from among the 1,100 women who earned their silver wings as
Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events
at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at
podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Katherine Sharp Landdeck is an associate professor of history at Texas Woman's
University, home of the WASP archives. She joins the podcast to discuss her book The
Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Woman Airforce Service
Pilots of World War II.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events
at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn
more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
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Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
While profanity famously rolled off the general's tongue, his hand-written words tell us
even more. Author Kevin Hymel is back with more of Patton uncensored.
In “We Salute You,” after providing critical information, Lt. James L. Christopulos
thought he was getting a citation from none other than Old Blood and Guts himself. Find
out what he got instead.
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To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at
podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Wanna read Patton's diary? Author Kevin Hymel did. Hymel returns to Someone
Talked! to discuss volume 2 of Patton's War: An American General's Combat
Leadership.
Hear the story of one of five known African Americans to die on D-Day, Abner Adams of
the 4042 nd Quartermaster Truck Company, in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events
at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at
podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Some names go down in history while others live in infamy. Find out which World War II
generals get five stars from our hosts.
From musical talent to morse code, June Elliott Haggerty marches to the beat of her
own drum in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events
at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn
more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at
podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Countries and contributions, large and small, were crucial in the complex operation that
was Overlord. In this episode, our hosts discuss the multinational effort on D-Day and
how each ally is recognized at the National D-Day Memorial.
In “We Salute You,” we remember Major William H. Merriam, a U.S. Army Air Force
fighter pilot who contributed to the success of the Normandy invasion, despite not living
to see D-Day.
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at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn
more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at
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Hosts John C. McManus and co-hosts April Cheek-Messier and John Long lead a discussion about the National D-Day Memorial’s past, present, and future in front of a live audience at the Memorial.-
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
We go back To the End of the Earth with John C. McManus, as explore the last of his trilogy on the U.S. Army in the Pacific in World War II.
John Onken, a naturalized American citizen born to German immigrants, dies fighting for his adopted homeland in our “We Salute You” segment.
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Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
In this episode our host is in the hotseat as John C. McManus answers your burning questions about his research and just-released book, To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945.
In our “We Salute You” segment, hear the story of Colonel James Kerr, one of only two known Marines to land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.Craig Symonds, Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, returns to continue our discussion of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay.
Learn about the lesser-known mission, “Saving Lt. Plateck” as told by Corporal Herschel Brohinsky in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.America's preeminent naval historian Craig Symonds joins our hosts to discuss his latest work, the first full-length portrait of Chester Nimitz in more than 50 years.In our “We Salute You” segment, hear the first-hand account of James Buchanan, a junior officer on Nimitz' staff.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
In this episode, the producers of They Won’t Die Twice, a new documentary following the lives of three fallen heroes of D-Day, join us in studio on the heels of the American premiere.
In “We Salute You,” how remembering Paul Womack’s death on Omaha Beach united two families over his grave and across continents.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Chris Kolakowski returns to discuss all things MacArthur. Kolakowski, who served as director of the MacArthur Memorial from 2013-2019, authored Last Stand on Bataan, which studies the Philippine Campaign.
In our “We Salute You” segment we introduce you to Lt. Col. John Minary, whose service in the Psychological Warfare Division hastened the end of the war and earned Minary the Bronze Star.
Email our team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. Chris Kolakowski, director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, joins the program to discuss his latest book Nations in the Balance: The India-Burma Campaigns, December 1943-August 1944. Our hosts and guest explore how the outcome of WWII in Asia still affects modern geopolitics.
Catch baseball legend Yogi Berra’s story of heroism on D-Day in our “We Salute You” segment.
Email our team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
To learn more visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Joe Balkoski returns to further discuss his seminal work writing about the 29th Division in World War II. Find out how fluent our host and guest are in French and what punishment a soldier could expect to receive if caught with his hands in his pockets under 29th Division leadership.
In “We Salute You” we honor the service of WWII Merchant Mariner Clarence Hawkins.
Email our team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
In this episode, James Holland and twin brothers walk into a pub…
The author shares that and other tales of memorable veterans who inspired his work.
In “We Salute You” Rudolph Arthur was there for the capture of a German U-Boat on the high seas, just days before D-Day.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.
In this episode, Brothers in Armsauthor James Holland recounts the harrowing tails of the Sherwood Rangers, the legendary tank unit that would receive the most battle honors of any unit ever in the British army. Both a combat story and human story, we discuss memorable characters and how scarred ground reveals where history took place.
A special tribute to Hershel “Woody” Williams, the longest surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked!team at podcast@dday.org.
You’ve seen the movie, but do you really know Patton? In part 2 of our discussion with Patton scholar Kevin Hymel, we separate front line facts from Hollywood fiction. We feature First Lieutenant Evelyn “Chappy” Kowalchuk, a flight nurse in WWII who aided soldiers on Omaha Beach, in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.
This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
In this episode we welcome preeminent Patton scholar and author Kevin Hymel. Discover how snapshots taken by Patton himself provided a never-before-seen picture of the famed general that was the catalyst for Hymel’s magnum opus (along with a nudge from our own podcast host!)
Learn the tragic story of Master Sgt. Newton Hirst Light, taken prisoner by the Japanese, in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
Alex Kershaw, bestselling author of The Bedford Boys, pays a visit back to Bedford to join us in-studio. In this emotional episode, Kershaw shares how he first learned of the small town’s connection to the greatest amphibious assault in history and recalls conversations with the surviving men of Company A and those left to mourn. B-24 pilot Marshall Johnson is honored in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.
This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.
In this episode national bestselling author Alex Kershaw joins us in-studio to discuss his latest work, Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II, which tells the untold stories of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II—all Medal of Honor recipients—from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler’s own mountaintop fortress.
We remember the late Chuck Neighbor, D-Day veteran, in our “We Salute You” segment. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org.
This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Hear how native New Yorker Joe Balkoski came to his life’s work researching the Virginia and Maryland National Guards in World War II. The Beyond the Beachhead author writes from first-hand accounts of veterans who became father figures to him after starting his military history career nearly five decades ago. Red Ball Express veteran Carroll Reeves is featured in the “We Salute You” segment.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. In this episode we continue discussing Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944 with author and host, Dr. John C. McManus. We profile WWII "Rosie" Mary Dotson in our "We Salute You" segment.
Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. In this episode meet your host, military historian and university professor Dr. John C. McManus as we discuss his book, Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944. Co-hosts April Cheek-Messier and John Long join the discussion. We profile WWII hero Don Casey in our "We Salute You" segment.
In World War II, the warnings were everywhere: the enemy is listening!
Now, it’s your turn to eavesdrop.
Dr. John C. McManus, military historian, university professor, and host of the National D-Day Memorial’s “Someone Talked” podcast. On “Someone Talked”, leading experts will spill all the secrets of the Second World War and the momentous events that continue to shape our world today.
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