Honor. Thank. Inspire. An Honor Flight Chicago Podcast
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Join us as long-time ABC 7 reporter Paul Meincke sits down with our senior war heroes from WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to explore their stories and memories of serving their nation.
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Episode 99: Carl Brader's Classified Chopper Hops
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Episode 98: A Gold Star Family's Fight to Honor Their Fallen
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May 13, 2026 |
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Episode 97: Shot Down 3 Times: Mike Bubacz’s Jungle Survival
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Episode 96: Hayley Ermer Serves Our Veterans, Honors Her Father
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Episode 95: Vietnam Veteran Gary Holian's Gold Star Family
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Episode 94: Arnie Oskin, Army Psych Specialist
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Episode 93: Green Beret Bruce Hill Serves Country, Fellow Veterans
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 92: We Were Soldiers: The Battle of Ia Drang Valley
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Episode 91: Carl Adams and the K9 Sentries of Phan Rang
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 90: Jim Miller and the Aftermath of an Attack
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Episode 89: Honoring Timothy Fitzmaurice and Gold Star Families
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Episode 88: James Cox, Vietnam Helicopter Pilot
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Episode 87: Chinook Engineer Tom Messenger
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 86: Vietnam Veteran Don Beach's Letter to Congress
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Episode 85: Vietnam Combat Veteran Johnnie Williams
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May 22, 2025 |
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Episode 84: Bronze Star Veteran Don Hendrick's Road to Recovery
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Episode 83: Sergeant Don Taylor "From the Delta to the DMZ" With AFVN
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 82: Richard O'Connor's Heroism and the Power of Love
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 81: Dr. John Wander's Work With Korean Orphans
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Episode 80: Ken Burmeister's Healing Journey
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 79: Robert Gurley and James Blue, From Childhood Bond to Veteran Brotherhood
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 78: Vietnam War Combat Chaplain Father Richard Shannon
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Episode 77: Stuart Poticha and M*A*S*H in the Vietnam Era
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Episode 76: Vietnam Vet Jerry Zabel's Intelligence of War
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Episode 75: F-4 Phantom Pilot Dave Adams
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 74: Sonny's Sequel: Zdancewicz Receives His Day of Honor
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 73: Bob Gatenby's Vietnam Tale of Love and War
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Episode 72: D-Day Veteran Dick Rung Returns To France
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Episode 71: Ken Molnaire and Patton's Third Army
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Episode 70: Our D.C. Guardians
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Episode 69: Vietnam Purple Heart Veteran Tom Brown
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May 23, 2024 |
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Episode 68: The Music of the Vietnam War
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Episode 67: Master of the Air Richard Bushong
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 66: The 2 Sides Project
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 65: Donald Talbot's Fight to Live in Vietnam
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Episode 64: A Son's Career of Service Honors His Father
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 63: William Fireside, Korean War Psychological Warrior
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 62: Cold War Spy John Lee
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Episode 61: Duane Buttell and the MiG-21 Victory
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode 60: Vietnam Veteran Jim Davidson, A Survivor
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Episode 59: Tomb Guard Joe Varanauski and the Standard of Perfection
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 58: Every Hero Has a Story
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 57: David Mann, Vietnam War Gold Star Son
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Episode 56: Norm Bowens, Mike Masello and the Brotherhood of Vietnam Veterans
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 55: Vietnam Veteran Jim Parker’s Unique MOS as the ”Bug Man”
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Episode 54: Vietnam Veteran Dante Plata and the Power of Music
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 53: WWII Aviator Howard Cain and the Aftermath of Little Boy
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 52: Celebrating 10K Heroes Flown with Purple Heart Veteran Ray Szweda
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 51: Vietnam War Sniper Ronald Baltierra
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode 50: Bob Bruzek and the Seabees in Vietnam
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 49: Celebrating 100 With Rev. Hank Roberson
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Episode 48: Ed Helrigel’s Two Tours of Vietnam
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Episode 47: Sonny Zdancewicz’s Leadership In The Jungles of Vietnam
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Episode 46: WWII B-24 Pilot Howard Levinson’s Dream To Fly
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Episode 45: Vietnam Veteran Dee Simmons and the Impact of Agent Orange
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode 44: Purple Heart Veteran Jerry Warren and Race in the Vietnam War
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 43: Korean War Veteran Elaine Ansbro and NORAD
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 42: Jerry Sperry, One of the Korean War’s Chosin Few
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Episode 41: Vietnam Veteran Jim Weinstein’s Mission To Find Himself
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Episode 40: WWII Veteran Howard Hill And the Aftermath of Nagasaki
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 39: Small Town America and the Vietnam War
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Episode 38: WWII Veteran Bill Shoop, Witness to the Nuremberg Trials
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Episode 37: A Recap of Flight 103, Our Operation Education Mission
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Episode 36: Rodney Branch Plays TAPS In Combat
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Episode 35: Mike Osika and the USS Enterprise Explosion
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Episode 34: Lew Bottando, ”Lucky” Vietnam Veteran With Three Purple Hearts
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Episode 33: Richie Louck, Vietnam Medic
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 32: Korean War Purple Heart Veteran Rich Bernier
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 31: Honor Flight Chicago Celebrates Its 100th Flight
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode 30: Purple Heart Vietnam Veteran Luis Rodriguez
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Silver Star Vietnam Veteran Clyde Wilson
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Episode 28: Two-Tour Vietnam Veteran Charles Nichols
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode XXVII: WWII Navy Veteran David Grauer
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Episode XXVI: Purple Heart Vietnam Veteran Jon Lapo
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Episode XXV: Omaha Beach D-Day Veteran Ray Wagner
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode XXIV: Ride Along as Operation HerStory Takes Flight on HFC98!
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Episode XXIII: WWII B-24 Bomber Pilot Alvin Goodman
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode XXII: Vietnam Army Nurse Constance Edwards
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode XXI: Korean War Infantry Veteran and Hall Of Famer Kenny Hirata
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Episode XX: Inside HFC96, The Nation's First Honor Flight To Return To D.C.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Episode XIX: Honor Flight Chicago's Return To The Skies
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Episode XVIII: Vietnam War Marine Corps Sergeant Louis Covelli
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode XVII: A Daughter's Remembrance of WWII Purple Heart Veteran Harold Weir
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode XVI: A Daughter's Remembrance of D-Day Veteran Bob Wilcox
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May 27, 2021 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode XV: WWII Bronze Star Medic Peter Broustis
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode XIV: Korean War Marine Bob Healy
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode XIII: WWII Pilot George Behling, Jr.
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode XII: WWII Purple Heart Veteran Dick Idstein
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode XI: Vietnam Veteran Jim Zwit
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode X: WWII Tuskegee Airman Mel Copeland
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode IX: Co-Founder and Retired CEO Mary Pettinato
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode VIII: WWII "Ghost" Army Veteran Bernie Bluestein
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode VII: HFC Board President John Ptak
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode VI: WWII Army Veteran Henry "Hank" Roberson
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode V: Marine Bob Guilfoyle, Korean War Forward Observer
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode IV: WWII Navy USS Franklin Survivor Marion Burns
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode III: WWII Navy St. Lo Survivor Joe Borst
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode II: Battle Of The Bulge Purple Heart Veteran Irv Abramson
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Honor. Thank. Inspire. Episode I: D-Day and Okinawa Veteran John Ullinskey
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Aug 13, 2020 |