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#158: Forged in Fire; JFK, Part V
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereIn the chaos following PT 109's collision with IJN Amagiri, Jack Kennedy does everything he can to rescue his shipmates and when it becomes obvious…
#157: Ripped in Two; JFK, Pat IV
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereJack Kennedy finally takes command of a PT boat in a combat zone and begins to settle in to what turns our to be a fairly rough existence is a…
#156: In the Navy; JFK, Part III
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereAfter graduating from Harvard, JFK isn't sure of his next steps. He knows that he needs to find a way to serve - the world is at war and everyone…
#155: Harvard, London, and a World War; JFK, Part II
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereJFK's collegiate path was never in doubt - his application essay is evidence of that - but after he begins university, his father's new senior…
#154: Brookline to Hyannis Port - Growing Up Kennedy; JFK, Part I
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereWaayyyyy back in Episode 13 (which apparently was nearly four and a half years ago even though it feels much longer than that), I covered the…
#153: A Soldier of Three Armies
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereToday's story is about a man considered the only SS officer buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but also a many who was a US Special Forces…
#152: The Legend of Johnny Shiloh
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereDuring the Civil War, there were many legends surrounding young drummer boys on the battlefield. Arguably, the most famous of these was about…
#151: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part III
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereToday we wrap up the sotry of Smith and Waller with a court martial for war crimes, but the man charged is probably not the one you think it will…
#150: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part II
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereToday we continue this tale of two sldiers and learn more about Marine Corps officer Littleton "Tony" Waller who rose through the ranks fighting in…
#149: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part I
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereToday we begin a tale of two soldiers - one a general, who, if he had his way would have had his troop comitted genocide up and down the island of…
#148: The Life and Times of Astronaut Jim Lovell
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereI'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereAfter several months off due to a cross-country move, I am FINALLY back with a new episode.…
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I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereJust a quick update on where I'm at with the move that has forced the podcast into its current hiatus. The introduction and transition music heard…
#147: The Mayaguez Incident: The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part VII
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereThis week we finally see the end of the Mayaguez Incident play out but not before a chaotic evacuation causes Marines to be abandoned on the…
#146: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties of Vietnam, Part VI
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereThe crew of the SS Mayaguez is released by the Khmer Rouge, but it was too late to stop the US rescue attempt. Now President Ford wants to full out…
Podcast Announcement
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereSurgery on Christmas Eve is never fun - unexpected emergency surgery on Christmas Eve is even worse. Listen for more. Happy New Year, everyone!The…
#145: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part V
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereAs things get worse on the beaches, we'll look at what was going on with the crew, the ship itself, and the folks back in Washington, DC trying to…
#144: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereBad intelligence plus bad timing equals a bad plan. Last week we saw the bad intelligence when no photos of the objective were available so the…
#143: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part III
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereUS reconnaissance planes lost track of the Mayaguez crew when the trawler they were on arrived at the port of Kompong Som on mainland Cambodia.…
#142: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part II
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereAs the first day of the Mayaguez Incident was coming to a close, US officials were gathering Marines from The Philippines and Okinawa for a…
#141: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part I
I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereThe last US combat units left South Vietnam on March 29, 1973. The last US embassy personnel were dramatically evacuated on April 30, 1975, the…
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Ghosts of Arlington Podcast has published 163 episodes since May 2021, covering topics in Documentary, Government.
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