This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: Mike Fillipeli, Army; Jack Desley, Navy; Loren Ashley, Army; Elwyn Karau, Merchan

S2 E7: Coming Home

Jul 4th, 2020 14m 39s

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: John Caudle, Army Air Corps; Jack Desley, Navy; Ted Holladay, Navy; Elwyn Karau,

S2 E6: Combat

Jul 4th, 2020 27m 13s

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: Jack Desley, Navy; Loren Ashley, Army; Elwyn Karau, Merchant Marines; Ted Hollada

S2 E5: Enemies

Jul 4th, 2020 15m 1s

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: Jimmy Weavil, Marine Corps; Ben Bost, Navy; John Caudle, Army Air Corps Soldier

S2 E4: Survival

Jul 4th, 2020 13m

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: Corbet Walters, Army; Loren Ashley, Army; Donn Irmiter, Navy Seabees; John Caudle

S2 E3: Leaving Home

Jul 4th, 2020 24m 20s

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: Loren Ashley, Army; Jimmy Weavil, Marine Corps; JB Caldwell, Army Air Corps; Corb

S2 E2: Initiation

Jul 4th, 2020 25m 6s

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: Alan Peterson, Navy; Jimmy Weavil, Marine Corps; Jack Desley, Navy; Mike Fillipel

S2 E1: Before

Jul 4th, 2020 11m 19s

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Thanks to the veterans who shared their stories: Jack Desley, Navy; Corbet Walters, Army; Elwyn Karau, Merchant Marines; Alan Pete

S2: Intro - The Hero's Journey

Jul 4th, 2020 9m 46s

This season of Soldiers’ Heart features 15 veteran stories from the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII. Soldiers' Heart is written and produced by me, Cyndi Briggs, and features veterans stories from North Carolina. We honor vets by list

Episode 10: LOVE

Nov 7th, 2019 11m 16s

In the the Season One Finale of Soldiers' Heart, you'll hear from a civilian with a message of gratitude for WWII GIs: Lesley Saner was a little girl in Manchester during the German Blitzkrieg. In this interview she vividly recounts midnight ai

Episode 9: Everett

Oct 17th, 2019 31m 54s

Everett Smith served as an Army medic in the 30th Infantry Division, 119th Regiment, 3rd Battalion during WWII. He served in England, France, Belgium, and Germany, and was held briefly as a POW under Joaquim Peiper during the Battle of the Bulg

Episode 8: André

Oct 3rd, 2019 27m 40s

André Roche was born in Paris in 1921. He was visiting Bordeaux in the south of France when the Nazis invaded France. He lived under the Nazi regime before escaping over the Pyrenees to Spain where he was imprisoned for several months. After hi

Episode 7: Syd Part II

Sep 19th, 2019 28m 8s

In the second of two episodes, you'll meet Sydney LeBrun who served in the 75th Infantry Division, 291st Infantry, Company E, 2nd Platoon during World War II. Syd grew up in Long Island, New York, the second son of Jewish immigrants from France

Episode 6: Syd Part I

Sep 5th, 2019 27m 1s

In the first of two episodes, you'll meet Sydney LeBrun who served in the 75th Infantry Division, 291st Infantry, Company E, 2nd Platoon during World War II. Syd grew up in Long Island, New York, the second son of Jewish immigrants from France

Episode 5: Henry

Aug 15th, 2019 21m 13s

Mr. Henry Wilson served in the United States Army during World War II. As an African-American soldier, he was drafted not into the infantry, but into an engineering dump truck company, hauling troops and supplies, rebuilding roads and bridges,

Episode 4: Susan

Aug 1st, 2019 29m 23s

In this episode you'll meet Susan Rudd who served as a WAC during WWII. You'll also meet a bunch of other strong, feisty women who changed history. Susan ran away from home with her best friend Roselle to join the Women's Auxiliary Corps (WAC).

Episode 3: Bill & The Marines

Jul 18th, 2019 17m 21s

Bill Kirkman dropped out of school after the 10th grade to join the US Marine Corps during World War II where he served in the Pacific Theater. Mr. Kirkman was interviewed on November 22, 2016 at his home in Greensboro, NC, by Cyndi Briggs.

Jule

Jul 4th, 2019 25m 50s

Jule Spach served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II. On his fifth bombing run out of Italy, his plan suffered a mechanical malfunction and he and his crew ditched over the Mediterranean. He was captured by the Germans and spe

Genesis

Jun 30th, 2019 13m 51s

Welcome to the Premier Episode of Soldiers Heart, a podcast featuring veterans stories from North Carolina. In this episode, creator Cyndi Briggs describes how she began an oral history project after discovering her grandfather's photos and me

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