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MN Native News: Decoded, Untold Stories of Ojibwe and Dakota Veterans
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News, we preview a new Ampers documentary. Decoded is about Native veterans from Minnesota who used tribal languages ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, and WTIP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Radio Cloak and Dagger
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
Caption: FBI Agent, Credit: Camp DeWolfe
On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the recently declassified story of a covert radio station built by the FBI on Long Island to deceive the Naz...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 30:30
As Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty, Army leaders promise the base won't forget its history
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Days before Fort Bragg was officially renamed Fort Liberty, crews erect new signs at the base's main gate., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
A newly constructed historic march route will remember the base's former name and the soldiers who served there.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
D-day: 150,000 Men, and One Woman
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on D-day in 1941, and the only woman who made the landing at Normandy.

Bought by KVNF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 8
20230501: World War II, 5/1/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Veterans' Voices The Secret War: Bua Hu Thao #1
From: Ampers
Series: Veterans' Voices: The Secret War
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Veteran Bua Hu Thao recalls one battle he was involved in, where his division was the only one that survived the night.

Bought by WGZS


  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
World War II
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

Bought by KECG, KRSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Middle East Expert Steven Simon's GRAND DELUSION: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Steven Simon, author of seven books, is currently a Fellow at MIT (Mass. Inst. Tech.) after spending nearly 40 years specializing in the Middle Eas...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 10:27
Preparing for the 250th
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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Believe it or not, the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution is right around the corner. On this episode, Devin and Lauren discuss how some ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Ithaca’s Tuskegee Airman
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the story of Verdelle Louis Payne from Ithaca in Tompkins County, who joined the Army Air Forces during WWII...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
81 years after it was founded, the USO is making changes to remain relevant to today's troops
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army soldiers help themselves to free food in the USO lounge at Fort Bragg, N.C. The organization plans to close about 40 of its lesser-used lounges while opening 28 in places where it says troops are especially isolated or face high stress., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
The service organization is closing some of its centers, opening new ones, and expanding its online programs to respond to funding reductions and t...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KUT, North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 7
The Untold Story of University Archivist Tom Steman and National Archive Month
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with St. Cloud State University Archivist Tom S...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:32
American Veteran: This Black World War II aviator first experienced racial integration in a POW camp
From: American Homefront Project
Series: 2022 American Veteran
Caption: Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Harold Brown, member of World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen., Credit: Ronan Killeen
When he was 11 years old, Harold Brown decided he wanted to be a pilot. He flew 30 missions during World War II as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the ...

Bought by KTEP, WTIP, KUT, Texas Public Radio, WVTF and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
American Veteran: She dreamed of a Marine Corps career, but wasn't prepared for the 'shadow side.'
From: American Homefront Project
Series: 2022 American Veteran
Caption: Sergeant C.J. Scarlet, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps., Credit: Ronan Killeen
Growing up as the daughter of a Marine, C.J. Scarlet dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps. When she enlisted in 1981, she was part of the...

Bought by KTEP, KWMU St. Louis, Texas Public Radio, WVTF, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
American Veteran: For a World War II navigator, the Army provided a sense of purpose
From: American Homefront Project
Series: 2022 American Veteran
Caption: 2nd Lieutenant Edward Field, veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II., Credit: Insignia Films
When Edward Field was in a plane crash during World War II, an act of altruism saved his life. Field – who grew up gay and Jewish in New York – fou...

Bought by WTIP, Texas Public Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Vietnam Veteran W.D. Ehrhart on What Americans Still Don't Know About the War
From: Current Affairs
Series: The Current Affairs Radio Hour
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A veteran of the war discusses how his opinions of the United States changed through exposure to the brutal realities of conflict abroad.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2022
  • Length: 54:14
Archives, artifacts, and 'a lot of rocks': The Army Corps of Engineers is training veterans for jobs
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Matthew Hanks labels a pottery shard in the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis office. Hanks is part of the Corps Veterans Curation Program, which employs veterans to help maintain artifacts unearthed in various Corps projects., Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront
An Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 6
Past American Voice of novelist E.L. Doctorow
From: New Letters on the Air
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E.L. Doctorow passed away in July 2015, but left behind twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction, and a stage drama, winning most of the major...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KAAD-LP, WNJR, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
REPLAY Voices of Vietnam: Women of War (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Alongside the army of men on the front lines of conflict was an army of women in support roles.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
REPLAY Voices of Vietnam: Women of War (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Alongside the army of men on the front lines of conflict was an army of women in support roles.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, KXCV, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
REPLAY Voices of Vietnam: Women of War (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Alongside the army of men on the front lines of conflict was an army of women in support roles.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, WFHB, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
REPLAY Voices of Vietnam: Women of War (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Alongside the army of men on the front lines of conflict was an army of women in support roles.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Untold: Stories of a World War II Liberator
From: Dennis Parker
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There are historians within us all. The first-hand accounts in "Untold: Stories of a World War II Liberator" - written by Deborah Levine and direc...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:50
Surviving The Bataan Death March (Narration by Jack Doepke)
From: Ronald Duffy
Caption: Ken Porwoll, Proud Veteran, Credit: Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, MN)
Veteran Ken Porwoll’s story recounts his inhumane treatment & riveting story of survival as one of 10,000 American & roughly 50,000 Filipino soldie...

Bought by WWNO, WITF, WABE, KJZZ, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 57:32
  • Purchases: 20

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