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"Let's make a movie!" Kevin Hymel takes us to the table read for The Six Triple Eight and shares more behind the scenes details as the movie's on-set military history advisor.
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Hollywood came calling for the rights to Kevin Hymel's 2019 article on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which became the basis for Tyler Perry's latest project on Netflix.
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Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.Craig Symonds, Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, returns to continue our discussion of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay.
Learn about the lesser-known mission, “Saving Lt. Plateck” as told by Corporal Herschel Brohinsky in our “We Salute You” segment.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
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Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.America's preeminent naval historian Craig Symonds joins our hosts to discuss his latest work, the first full-length portrait of Chester Nimitz in more than 50 years.In our “We Salute You” segment, hear the first-hand account of James Buchanan, a junior officer on Nimitz' staff.
Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
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Jennet Conant returns to the podcast with her latest work, a spirited portrait of twentieth-century war correspondent Maggie Higgins and her tenacious fight to the top in a male-dominated profession.
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Jennet Conant is the New York Times best-selling author of Tuxedo Park, 109 East Palace, The Irregulars, The Great Secret, and the critically acclaimed Man of the Hour. She returns to Someone Talked! to discuss her latest work Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins.
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Eight decades after giving their lives in the cause of freedom, the National D-Day Memorial's necrology research team identified fifteen men who fell on D-Day. These additions and other updates bring the the number of names on the Memorial's wall to 4,426 - the most complete accounting of D-Day fallen in the world.
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Our hosts reflect on the 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in both Normandy, France and Bedford, Virginia.
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We wrap up our 80th anniversary commemoration month episodes with the return of Sand and Steel author Peter Caddick-Adams.
Caddick–Adams was born in London in 1960 and educated at Shrewsbury School, Sandhurst and Wolverhampton University, where he gained First Class Honours in War Studies; he received his PhD from Cranfield University. He worked in the House of Commons, then taught at Oxford and Birmingham Universities before being appointed Lecturer in Military and Security Studies at the UK Defence Academy in 1998, and Lecturer in Air Power Studies at RAF Halton since 2012. Concurrently, he pursued a second career in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces, was commissioned in 1979 and joined the Reserves in 1985.He has extensive experience of various war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. During 1996–7 he was the official NATO Historian in Bosnia, based in Sarajevo, and was also the UK Historian during the Iraq War of 2003. -
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, our hosts are joined by renowned military historian Peter Caddick-Adams to discuss his 2019 book Sand and Steel.
Caddick–Adams was born in London in 1960 and educated at Shrewsbury School, Sandhurst and Wolverhampton University, where he gained First Class Honours in War Studies; he received his PhD from Cranfield University. He worked in the House of Commons, then taught at Oxford and Birmingham Universities before being appointed Lecturer in Military and Security Studies at the UK Defence Academy in 1998, and Lecturer in Air Power Studies at RAF Halton since 2012. Concurrently, he pursued a second career in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces, was commissioned in 1979 and joined the Reserves in 1985.He has extensive experience of various war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. During 1996–7 he was the official NATO Historian in Bosnia, based in Sarajevo, and was also the UK Historian during the Iraq War of 2003. -
Broadcasting live from Bedford, Virginia, and Normandy, France, the National D-Day Memorial presents Someone Talked! featuring special guest Paul Woodadge.
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The Paratrooper Generals author Mitch Yockelson returns with more on Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. The 2020 book is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day, describing the extraordinary courage and leadership they demonstrated throughout the most important American campaign of World War II.
Yockelson is the author of 6 books and as the Investigative Archivist Manager leading the Archival Recovery Program for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), he investigates theft and fraud cases of America's protected government records and historical artifacts. -
Author Mitch Yockelson joins us with insights from his latest work, The Paratrooper Generals: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy.
Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. During D-Day and the Normandy campaign, these commanders of the 82nd “All-American” and the 101st “Screaming Eagle” Airborne Divisions refused to remain behind the lines and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their paratroopers in the thick of combat.
Yockelson is the Investigative Archivist Manager for the National Archives and Records Administration, a historian, and professor. -
We pick up our conversation on Italy in WWII with renowned historian James Holland, author of The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943.
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Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland returns to Someone Talked! to discuss his latest book The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943, in which he narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign.
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Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, returns with more stories of extraordinary women who stepped out of line and into history during WWII, forever altering the world's landscape.
A renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership, General Eder is the former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Joint and Special Troops Support Command, former Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and former Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army. -
This Women's History Month, Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, discusses her book, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of WWII. This page-turning narrative, crafted with meticulous historical accuracy, provides a fresh perspective on the integral roles that women played during WWII.
A renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership, General Eder is the former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Joint and Special Troops Support Command, former Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and former Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army. -
Matthew F. Delmont's Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad was named Book of the Year by TIME and Publishers Weekly and is a New York Times Notable Book.
This Black History Month, Delmont returns to discuss the more than one million Black soldiers who helped win World War II abroad but came home to face widespread racism. - Daha fazla göster
