On this episode of Our American Stories the Navy commissioned its newest destroyer and named it after a man who deliberately crash-landed a perfectly good aircraft behind enemy lines But the man who became the first American serviceman in the Korean War to receive the Medal of Honor and the man who lent his name to the USS Thomas Hudner had a darn good reason perhaps the best of reasons Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories it's time for another one of Roger McGrath's Hollywood Goes To War stories So far we've heard the stories of Clark Gable Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power Today McGrath will be treating us to the story of Hollywood's strapping steely-eyed leading man Wayne Morris Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories it was never supposed to be them but through an extraordinary chain of events Lt Bill Owen's crew managed to become the first B- crew to drop bombs in the heart of the Third Reich Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Lt Col Scott Mann Ret on his new book Operation Pineapple Express The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoices [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Best-selling author Adam Makos tells the story of two tank crewmen from opposite sides of the conflict Corporal Clarence Smoyers and Nazi tanker Gustav Schaefer who endure the grisly nature of tank warfare Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories many Americans have heard of the famous Navajo Code Talkers who used their traditional language to transmit secret Allied messages in the Pacific Theater of combat during World War II This story is told to us by one of these Marines Peter MacDonald the President at Navajo Code Talkers Association Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Brigadier General Jim Boots Demarest will be telling the heroic tale of Capt Steve Phillis from his book Five Nickels True Story of the Desert Storm Heroics and Sacrifice of Air Force Captain Steve Phillis Mark O'Brian tells the story of St Louie Louie one of the best pool players to ever grace the scene Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - The True Story of A Desert Storm Top Gun Pilot - St Louie Louie Have Pool Cue Will Travel Learn more about your ad-choices at https www [... more]