Episodios

  • Dustoff, Part 1

    Dustoff, Part 1
    Aug 14 2024
    The Army’s aeromedical crews flew nearly 500,000 missions in Vietnam, saving the lives of nearly a million people on both sides of the conflict. In this three-part series, we’ll take a close look at Dustoff in Vietnam — the missions, the crew members, the dangers, and the enduring legacy.
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    56 m
  • Grandpa Roger's Legacy

    Grandpa Roger's Legacy
    Jul 26 2024
    Roger L. Tolbert, Sr. received a Silver Star and two Bronze Stars for his service in Vietnam. He died in 2021 from causes connected to Agent Orange exposure. His granddaughter, Dakota, inherited his sense of duty and his drive to serve. She may have inherited more than that.
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    42 m
  • The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, Part 2

    The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, Part 2
    Jul 10 2024
    We conclude an Honor Flight for Navy SEALs who served in Vietnam by exploring more of the connections between these special warfare operators and the people whose lives they’ve impacted, including each other’s.
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    55 m
  • The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Part 1)

    The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Part 1)
    Jun 21 2024
    On an Honor Flight full of Navy SEALs who served during the Vietnam War, we learn about the origins and training of the earliest SEAL teams and hear first-hand accounts of some of their triumphs and tragedies in Southeast Asia.
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    38 m
  • The Long Shadow of War

    The Long Shadow of War
    Jun 6 2024
    June is National PTSD Awareness Month and June 16th is Father’s Day. In this episode we bring you an interview with a father and son who have traveled together on the long road from trauma to healing.
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    50 m
  • Front Man

    Front Man
    May 23 2024

    Bruce Springsteen’s song “The Wall” was inspired, in large part, by a musician he idolized in his youth. Walter Cichon was the front man for a band called the Motifs, who were taking the New Jersey shore by storm in mid-to-late 1960’s. Walter’s voice was forever silenced in Vietnam when he was just 21 years old, but his indomitable spirit lives on through those who knew him — including, to a surprising degree, The Boss himself.

    For more information: https://www.vvmf.org/echoes/EP75/
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    50 m
  • The Hero in Your Midst

    The Hero in Your Midst
    May 9 2024
    Alfred Coke served 730 days in Vietnam and he estimates that he received enemy fire on 400 of them. He was wounded multiple times, and he has both the scars and the decorations to prove it. He never gave much thought to his own trauma until he formed an unlikely friendship with Allan Danroth, a Canadian engineer nearly three decades his junior. In this episode, we bring you an inspiring story of friendship... and the healing power of being interested.
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    46 m
  • Cherries Writer

    Cherries Writer
    Apr 24 2024
    In 1970-71, John Podlaski spent twelve months in Vietnam — seven with the Wolfhounds of the 25th Infantry Division, and five with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. John never dreamed that he’d become a writer, but his first novel, Cherries, led to five more books and a hugely popular website (cherrieswriter.com) that is a community chest of first-person stories, information, and imagery from the Vietnam War.
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    49 m