AMERIcA'S VETERAN'S STORIES
Interviews and conversations with U.S. veterans from all branches and years of service.
SHOW ARCHIVE
United States Air Force Veteran Mark Hardcastle
United States Air Force veteran Mark Hardcastle recounts the life-changing experience of helping edit the book Echoes of Our War: Vietnam Veterans Reflect Fifty Years Later. The ten contributors to the book finally unleashed their stories without remorse.
World War II Veteran Wilbur Newton’s Return Home
Jane Perkins and Linda Crumbaker share the story of WWII veteran Wilbur Netwon, who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Manert Kennedy
He dropped out of school and joined the Marines on his 17th birthday. Manert Kennedy needed some discipline so he joined the Marines in 1947.
Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Rutledge: Part 2
93 year-old Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Rutledge has interacted with thousands of individuals throughout the world. Sunday Lt. Col. Rutledge shares a number of vignettes of these many stories
Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Rutledge
Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Rutledge was a teenager during WWII. Sunday Col. Rutledge describes what it was like to live on the coast of Florida during WWII with German submarines in the waters nearby.
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Hartsook (Retired)
Ret. Lt. Col. Anthony Hartsook joined the Army in 1988. In this America’s Veteran’s Stories interview, Hartsook shares the history of his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Combat Contrails: Vietnam
Vietnam era Air Force Veteran and author William B. Scott introduces his new book, "Combat Contrails: Vietnam," which captures 18 of these stories, most of which have never appeared in print.
Nurses and the Continental Army
George Washington was ahead of his time regarding battlefield medics. At the Battle of Concord, only one surgeon was available and soldiers who might have lived, died. General Washington decided to pay nurses $4.00 a day to treat Continental soldiers and it made a difference.
Patton’s Christmas Prayer
The forty-day bloody Battle of the Bulge was fought December 16th, 1944 thru January 25, 1945. Patton needed a miracle. So he prayed for one.
World War II Veteran Lou Zoghby
WWII Army Veteran Lou Zoghby fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Lou Shares his story and his part in the forty-day battle.
Korean War Veteran Marty Letellier
WWII Army Veteran Lou Zoghby fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Lou Shares his story and his part in the forty-day battle.
World War II Veteran Major General John Raaen
Retired Major General John Raaen was a young Army Captain on Omaha Beach, D-Day in 1944.
Center for American Value’s Matt Albright
President Ike Eisenhower asked if there is something in the water in Pueblo? There must be: courage, selflessness and love of country.
The Barbary Pirates and The United States Marines
Marine Veteran Rick McFadden shares the history of the Marine Corps. He’ll have you on the edge of your seat as he describes the political and military interactions with the Barbary pirates
Vietnam Veteran Marine Pilot Nelson “Nellie” Paler
Surface to air missiles certainly got Vietnam Veteran Marine Pilot Nellie Paler’s adrenaline pumping.
Marine Veteran Doug Chamberlain on his Book, “Bury Him: A Memoir of the Vietnam War”
He was ordered to do the unthinkable. He was ordered to leave a man behind. Sunday Marine Veteran Doug Chamberlain shares his story and thoughts regarding his book "Bury Him: A Memoir of the Vietnam War."
Korean War: Marine John Ryff on the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
Korean War Veteran John Ryff joined the Marines because he was working in the factories in northern New Jersey and did not see much future there.
The North Vietnamese Easter Offensive: Ret. Army Major General Joe Arbuckle
Ret. Major General Joe Arbuckle joined the Army in 1969 as a private. He was deployed to Vietnam in 1972 as an advisor.
Korea: Air Force Fighter Jet Pilot Chuck Brega
Air Force fighter jet pilot Chuck Brega got to Korea in 1954 after the shooting had stopped.
Vietnam: Army Veteran Jimmy Nishimura
He was born in Japan. He wanted to come to America because he knew that his life would be better. In 1970 Jimmy Nishimura was drafted into the United States Army.
Vietnam: Marine Pilot Bear Owen
It was no Rose Garden. Vietnam Veteran Marine Pilot Bear Owen wanted to serve to fight Communism.
World War II: Navy Admiral Roy Snyder
Admiral Snyder recounts his experiences in the Navy and shares his front row account of the Cuban Missile Crisis.