16 APR 2024 · In this episode, I spoke with author Alex Kershaw regarding his book "Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory In World War II".   General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to reinforce. The sprint to Berlin had become a muddy, bloody stalemate, costing thousands of American lives. Kershaw is the Resident Historian for Friends of the National WWII Memorial.  The book will be out on May 21, 2024.

2 APR 2024 · In this episode, I spoke with author Larry Alexander to discuss his latest book "Shattered Jade: A Novel of Saipan".  From New York Times bestselling author Larry Alexander comes a gritty historical novel of World War II, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides of the firing line.Tarawa was hell but Saipan is worse.

12 MAR 2024 · In this episode, I read the column, Pyle explains how servicemen going into battle will be changed by the experience. Doug Hess is the host! 

27 FEB 2024 · In this episode, I spoke with authors David and Margaret White about their book "Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane that Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly". The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible

13 FEB 2024 · Episode 45 - Author Ronald Drabkin and his book Beverly Hills Spy The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor In this episode, I spoke with author Ronald Drabkin on his book "Beverly Hills Spy The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor". The untold story of the World War I hero who became a fixture of high society in Golden Age Hollywood—all while acting as a double agent for the Japanese Empire as it prepared to attack Pearl Harbor! Doug Hess is the host !

30 JAN 2024 · In this episode, I read an article Pyle wrote that was published on Saturday, April 21, 1954 titled "They Just Lay There, Blinking".

16 JAN 2024 · In this episode, I spoke with Dr James Holsinger on "Patton's Tactician: The War Diary of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keys.

2 JAN 2024 · In this episode, I discuss author Rick Beyer his book "The Ghost Army of World War II". In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—artists, designers, architects, and sound engineers, including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Every move they made was top secret, and their story was hushed up for decades after the war's end. Princeton Architectual Press

20 DEC 2023 · A column regarding regarding engineering

28 NOV 2023 · In this episode, I read an article from Ernie Pyle from wartime columns from Wednesday, February 14, 1945.