Holidays can be particularly challenging for families subject to deployments. CMSgt Kelvin Hatcher joins us to discuss how military families can deal with the loneliness, stress financial strain and sensory overload.
Michael Reyka's father rarely spoke of the war. He was part of the 180th Infantry Regiment of 45th Division that relentlessly pursued the German Army north through France as was almost wiped out when they were surrounded at Fremifontaine. Michael retraced his father's journey and compiled the story in his book Stand of the Thunderbirds: 180th Infantry Regiment and the Battle of Fremifontaine.
Jennifer is the founder of the Pacific Atrocities Education project. We discuss WWII "Comfort Women", the notorious Japanese Unit 731 and other topics.