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Experience the rich tapestry of the Civil War through these varied and captivating accounts.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>15167</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/61bd4dc799ba979448a068cab18605c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>U-boat Hunters - James Brendan Connolly</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/u-boat-hunters-james-brendan-connolly--72536535</link><description><![CDATA[The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encounters with the German U-boats. It is a collection of short stories, each one complete, about them all. The author was also an Olympic athlete; winning a bronze, silver and gold medal in the Athens Olympics of 1896 and a silver in the Paris games of 1900.(Summary by wtomcho )]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72536535</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:54:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72536535/u_boat_hunters_james_brendan_connolly.mp3" length="147211529" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>James Brendan Connolly</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encounters with the German U-boats. It is a collection of short stories, each one complete, about them all. The...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encounters with the German U-boats. It is a collection of short stories, each one complete, about them all. The author was also an Olympic athlete; winning a bronze, silver and gold medal in the Athens Olympics of 1896 and a silver in the Paris games of 1900.(Summary by wtomcho )]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>18402</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>athlete,boat,boats,connolly,hunters,non,olympic,olympics,silver,wtomcho</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/61bd4dc799ba979448a068cab18605c8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
