Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Dallas, Texas, boy Jody Lander was drafted into the Army in 1943. Jody volunteered to become a paratrooper because he thought it would be exciting. It was. On this re-broadcast Lander discusses his jump behind enemy lines into Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Lander describes his parachute jump into Holland for Operation Market Garden and what happened after landing. Lander also fought at the Battle of the Bulge.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

American Veterans Stories

3-31-2024: Jumping Out of Planes As A Paratrooper- Jody Lander Tells His Story

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Can you even imagine? April 18, 1942, Jimmy Doolittle and his raiders flew medium size bombers off aircraft carriers in the Pacific, to bomb Japan in retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. At the age of 45 Jimmy Doolittle was the old man of the mission. Most were young men in their teens and early twenties. We are re-broadcasting an interview with Jimmy Doolittle’s granddaughter Jonna Doolittle Hoppes.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

4-7-2024:The Doolittle Raiders- Jonna Doolittle Hoppes Tells Her Story

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Most of us have heard of the WWII internment camps where Japanese Americans were taken from their homes, jobs, and businesses and detained in camps. Certainly not a proud moment for America. But not many of us know about the POW camps for Germans and Italians that were captured during WWII. Col. Bill Rutledge discusses these POW camps and also some anecdotal stories of escaping from the camps.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

4-14-2024: WW2 POW Camps For the German and Italians- Bill Rutledge Explains

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Pueblo, Colorado is known as the Home of Heroes because four Medal of Honor recipients grew up in Pueblo, Colorado. Author Douglas Sterner explains how Pueblo officially became the Home of Heroes. Sterner highlights the stories of each of these four men; Bill Crawford, Jerry Murphy, Carl Sitter, and Drew Dix. Sterner also shares stories of Colorado heroes such as the Fertig brothers from La Junta.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

4-21-2024: The Story After 4 Medal of Honor Recipients- Douglas Sterner Elaborates

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Marines Col. Bob Fischer and Grady Birdsong fought and served in Vietnam. We are re-broadcasting an interview with these honorable men. Even before America became involved in Vietnam, Col. Fischer understood that guerrilla warfare would be pivotal. It is important that we hear Col. Fischer and Birdsong’s stories and learn more about this time in American History. They share their thoughts about “their war” and how the United States became involved in Vietnam.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

4-28-2024: Marines During Vietnam- Col. Bob Fischer and Grady Birdsong Tell Their Story

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Marines Col. Bob Fischer and Grady Birdsong fought and served in Vietnam. Both men care deeply about our military men and women as they return home. We are re-broadcasting an interview explaining how we can help those returning home from combat. Marines Col. Bob Fischer and Grady Birdsong share how "a miracle created by a diverse group of individuals is ‘fixing broken brains’...of veterans who suffer daily in silence and confusion, often times, alone."
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

5-5-2024: Helping Our Young Marines and Men- Bob Fischer and Grady Birdsong Elaborate

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Their missions were very dangerous and over 88,000 American Airmen died in WWII. Rick Grice shares stories of his father Dick Grice whose B-17 bomber was shot down over France in 1943. Dick Grice was a POW in Stalag Luft III for twenty-seven months. Stalag Luft III was the POW camp depicted in the movie The Great Escape. Rick shares the harrowing stories of the B-17 crew as they jumped out of the fiery aircraft.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

5-12-2024: B17 Bomber’s Tales- Rick Grice Tells Dick Grice’s story

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris. He became one of the most famous individuals in the world. Retired USAF Col. Bill Rutledge shares details about Lindbergh’s life. Col. Rutledge explains that Lindbergh’s courtship and proposal to Anne Morrow was more scientific than romantic. Col. Rutledge explains the relationship between the Lindbergh’s and the Nazis and the contributions that Lindbergh made during WWII in the Pacific Theater.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

5-19-2024: Nonstop From NY To Paris- Bill Rutledge Elaborates

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Lucas Hecker was born near Buffalo Park, Kansas 100 years ago. Hecker shares stories of growing up on the plains of Western Kansas, living through the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, and serving in the Merchant Marines during WWII. Hecker explains that the Merchant Marines transported trucks, ammunition, caterpillars, jeeps, and troops. Hecker describes a Kamikaze attack on a ship in his convoy and also discusses the propaganda of Tokyo Rose.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

5-26-2024: Merchant Marine From Kansas- Lucas Hecker Explains

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

D-Day. June 6, 1944. In 2015 Christian Taylor went to Normandy, France for the anniversary of D-Day. Taylor was mesmerized by what she saw; WWII American jeeps, 1940s garb, Glenn Miller music, and American flags everywhere. Taylor met a young girl whose mother had made a red, white, and blue dress for her in 1944. Taylor decided to make a movie about the love story between the people of Normandy and the American GI. And she did. The Girl Who Wore Freedom.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

6-2-2024: France for the Anniversary for D-Day- Christian Taylor Elaborates

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

WWII and Korean War Veteran Kim Kimball joined the Navy on his seventeenth birthday in 1944. Growing up in Oklahoma, Kimball had not traveled very far from his native state. He took a three day train ride to San Diego to Boot Camp and remembers seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time. Kimball eventually became a radio operator on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. Kim Kimball recently passed on. He was a dear friend.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

6-9-2024: The Oklahoman Sailor- Kim Kimball’s Story

Welcome to the America's Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.

Growing up in the 1930s in Memphis, Tennessee, Phil Larimore was the ultimate Boy Scout—able to read maps, use a compass, and traverse wild swamps and desolate canyons. His other great skill was riding horses. Landing on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944, Larimore was put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd Infantry Division. Their job: deliver ammunition to the frontline foxholes. Dr. Walt Larimore discusses his father’s story told in his book At First Light.
_________________________________________________
Copyright 2023: America's Veteran's Stories
Visit us at www.americasveteransstories.com

America's Veteran's Stories airs on KLZ Radio every Sunday
You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com

6-16-2024: A Story of A Hero- Walt Larimore Tells His Fathers Tale

From the Patriots who fought in the American Revolution, to Civil War soldiers who fought for liberty for each man, to WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, Afghanistan, other conflicts and peacetime, these are their stories.

americasveteransstories.com

New tracks tagged #WWII,