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Sun 9/18/2022

Cobra Gunship Pilot Lew Jennings

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-09-18T15:47:36-07:00September 18th, 2022|

Cobra gunship pilot Lew Jennings flew 726 missions in Vietnam, receiving over 50 combat decorations including three Distinguished Flying Cross citations for Valor and 36 Air Medals. He published a memoir about helicopter combat in Vietnam named “19 Minutes to Live”. He joins us as part of our partnership with the Distinguished Flying Cross Society. Vietnam was considered the first “helicopter” war. Over 12,000 helicopters flew 5.25 million sorties. Eighty percent of the light observation helicopters, forty seven percent of [...]

Sat 9/10/2022

9/11 Survivor and FDNY Veteran Tim Brown

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-09-10T08:24:09-07:00September 10th, 2022|

9/11 survivor & FDNY Veteran Tim Brown lost nearly 100 of his friends in the September 11 terrorist attacks, including his two best friends. He has made it his mission to assure that our nation never forgets. Tim is no stranger to the face of terrorism. He responded to the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing and was dispatched to help with the recovery efforts following the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. But nothing could have prepared him for the events [...]

Tue 8/30/2022

US Marshal Irv Brandt

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-08-30T20:26:09-07:00August 30th, 2022|

Irv Brandt’s evolution from a Navy torpedo man to law enforcement was an awkward transition but it worked out. Irv served with the US Marshal Service for more than 20 years. After leaving the Navy, he went to college to study business. After Black Monday no one was hiring business majors, but there were lots of opportunities in Law Enforcement. “I went into law enforcement and it turns out I was really good at it.” As a member of the [...]

Tue 8/23/2022

“Moral Injury” – Col. Marc Walker

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-08-23T08:11:44-07:00August 23rd, 2022|

A “moral injury” can occur in response to witnessing behaviors that go against an individual’s values and moral beliefs. I was first introduced to this concept by Col. Marc Walker of the 12th Air Force and asked him to explain it further to our listeners. Clearly, in war, there are many situations that can cause moral injury. These can include death or harm to civilians, “same team” violence, concealed acts of cowardice, sexual trauma or the inability to prevent death [...]

Sun 8/14/2022

Frogmen – Andrew Dubbins

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-08-14T12:41:58-07:00August 14th, 2022|

“Frogmen” was the nickname given to the members of the newly formed Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) during World War II. Their fellow service members called them “Half Fish, Half Nuts”. They were the predecessors of today’s Navy SEAL teams. George Morgan The history of the formation of these special units is the subject of a new book by award winning journalist & author Andrew Dubbins. It is called “Into Enemy Waters; a World War II Story of the [...]

Sun 8/7/2022

Valor Club – Michael McDowell

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-08-07T15:34:01-07:00August 7th, 2022|

Valor Club is an innovative master planned community specifically designed for transitioning Veterans. The development will be built on 200 acres five miles southeast of San Antonio. At full build out, the $330 million dollar community will include 1,400 residential units on a campus also featuring various support amenities and services. This community will be the first of its kind on this scale. Michael McDowell is the President & CEO of Valor Club and a Marine Veteran with multiple combat [...]

Wed 8/3/2022

Hometown Heroes Radio – Paul Loeffler

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-08-03T09:04:17-07:00August 3rd, 2022|

Hometown Heroes Radio creator and host Paul Loeffler has done some amazing work assuring that the stories of World War II and Korean era Veterans are not lost to history. Since 2005 Paul has interviewed an average of one World War II Veteran per week. Much of Paul’s inspiration came from an early moment in his life when he accidentally came across a framed newspaper article hidden away in his grandfather’s closet. It described how Dr. Robert Loeffler pulled 26 [...]

Sun 7/24/2022

Landing Craft in WWII – Zach Morris

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-07-24T18:55:29-07:00July 24th, 2022|

Landing craft and the men who sailed them were often unheralded. But they were a critical part of our victory in World War II. They were especially important to the island hopping campaign in the Pacific theater. Like many of his generation, Steven Ganzberger enlisted as soon as he turned 18 following the attack on Pearl Harbor. His grandson Zach Morris has always been an avid World War II historian. He was visiting town on May 18, 2011 and decided [...]

Tue 7/19/2022

Ross Detwiler – Distinguished Flying Cross

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-07-19T11:01:18-07:00July 19th, 2022|

The Distinguished Flying Cross is our nation’s fourth highest award for heroism and the highest award for extraordinary aerial achievement. Three time DFC recipient Ross Detwiler and his fellow “Misty” pilots volunteered to fly some of the most dangerous missions of the Vietnam War. Twenty two percent of the forward air controllers were shot down. Ross was among them. The original Forward Air Control missions were flown in much slower, propeller driven aircraft. However, because the loss rates of pilots [...]

Wed 7/13/2022

Havok Journal Update – Scott Faith

Ben Buehler-Garcia2022-07-13T16:31:44-07:00July 13th, 2022|

Havok Journal editor Scott Faith joins us for a regular update. Scott is currently an active duty officer with half a dozen combat deployments. He writes under a pseudonym. We begin with one of the first articles he published for Havok Journal, “What Veterans Are (Still) Owed on 4th of July”. The article caused quite a stir because in Scott’s opinion his fellow citizens don’t owe him anything. He doesn’t expect free drinks or store discounts and is perfectly okay [...]