On this episode of Our American Stories in during a period of Cold War tension a Soviet submarine collided with a United States aircraft carrier Here's The History Guy with the story of the USS Kitty Hawk collision Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories our regular contributor Anne Clare tells the story of a unique aircraft carrier the USS Lexington Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in during a period of Cold War tension a Soviet submarine collided with a United States aircraft carrier Here's The History Guy with the story of the USS Kitty Hawk collision Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in during a period of Cold War tension a Soviet submarine collided with a United States aircraft carrier Here's The History Guy with the story of the USS Kitty Hawk collision Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories America was down but not out after Pearl Harbor we needed a major victory though That victory would come at a small sandy island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Writer Anne Clare tells the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories regular contributor Anne Clare tells the story of a unique aircraft carrier the USS Lexington Tom Zoellner purchased a diamond engagement ring and proposed His girlfriend said yes and then suddenly walked out of his life making Tom the owner of a used engagement ring Instead of hitting the self-help shelves of his local bookstore he hit the road to discover the true worth of this shining gem and then wrote The Heartless Stone Mike Freeman author of Clarence Saunders amp the Founding of Piggly Wiggly The Rise and Fall of a Memphis [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Kentucky journalist Sam Terry tells the story of the man they called King Solomon Connecticut Shorty of The Hobo Museum shares the story of the American hobo and how they are still celebrated today Teacher choir director organist and history buff Anne Clare tells the story of the first two major American responses to the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - King Solomon Town's Grave Digging Drunk Turned Hero - Wandering Worker The American Hobo - America Strikes Back After Pearl [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney our regular contributor and recipient of our 'Great American Storyteller Award' tells the story of what her family ate during the Great Depression years nbsp The History Guy nbsp gives us the story of the USS Kitty Hawk collision Chad and Jess Schumacher tell us how their lives seemed to be going really well and as according to plan as life could and then life took a number of sharp and unexpected turns nbsp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - Possum for Supper - [... more]

During our tour of an aircraft carrier a jet fighter pilot explained that planes need a -kilometer per hour wind to take off on such a short runway To reach this steady breeze the captain turns his ship into the wind ldquo Shouldn rsquo t the wind come from the planes rsquo back rdquo I asked The pilot answered ldquo No The jets must fly into the wind That rsquo s the only way to achieve lift rdquo God called Joshua to lead His people into the ldquo winds rdquo that awaited them in the Promised Land Joshua required two [... more]

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