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 here's The History Guy with the tale of an escaped slave-turned legend named Robert Smalls Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Anne Claire tells the story of America's first two responses to Pearl Harbor The Doolittle Raids and the Battle of the Coral Sea 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 the first successful submarine attack didn't happen in the Atlantic Ocean or Europe but in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War John Freeman of the South Carolina Military Museum tells the story of the CSS Hunley and her one and done mission against the Union blockade 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 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 we learn how America won the Second World War because of men like Rear Admiral ldquo Fearless rdquo Freddie Warder th-generation jeweler John Henne in Pittsburgh tells the story of how his family's shop Henne Jeweler has grown since how it's seeking to impact the marriages it furnishes and how it has shaped his philosophy on job satisfaction Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - Fearless Freddie Warder - This Jewelry Store Provides More Value Than Just JewelrySee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]