Ghosts of Arlington Podcast
If you've ever walked the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, you've heard the voices of the past. Even if you haven't, you can still hear them in podcast form. A history podcast about Arlington National Cemetery and the stories of those buried there, with new episodes available first thing every Monday morning.
Episodes
162 episodes
#157: Ripped in Two; JFK, Pat IV
Jack 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 place that turns out to be less of a paradise than thought at first glance.His commander, not ...
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Episode 157
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29:51
#156: In the Navy; JFK, Part III
After 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 is sure the US will soon join the fight. With the help of his father, he follows his brother's foo...
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Episode 156
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27:30
#155: Harvard, London, and a World War; JFK, Part II
JFK's collegiate path was never in doubt - his application essay is evidence of that - but after he begins university, his father's new senior position in the US government gives Jack a front row seat to the collapse of peace in Europe and leav...
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Episode 155
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#154: Brookline to Hyannis Port - Growing Up Kennedy; JFK, Part I
Waayyyyy 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 funeral of President John F. Kennedy. At that time I said that I would probably get arou...
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Episode 154
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23:42
#153: A Soldier of Three Armies
Today'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 Officer - a Green Beret... oh, and he was actually from Finland. How did all that happen?!This...
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Episode 153
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30:59
#152: The Legend of Johnny Shiloh
During the Civil War, there were many legends surrounding young drummer boys on the battlefield. Arguably, the most famous of these was about Johnny Shiloh who gave the ultimate sacrifice on that Tennessee battlefield. The problem with this leg...
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29:44
#151: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part III
Today 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 or should be.This week's Ghosts of Arlington are:Army Brigadier General Jacob H...
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Episode 151
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41:52
#150: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part II
Today we continue this tale of two sldiers and learn more about Marine Corps officer Littleton "Tony" Waller who rose through the ranks fighting in Africa, Cuba, and China before leading troops in The Philippines. It was Waller who tried to cou...
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#149: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part I
Today 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 Samar in the Philippines at the turn of the 20th Century - and the other, a lieutenant colonel wh...
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Episode 149
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29:03
#148: The Life and Times of Astronaut Jim Lovell
I'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. While I was go...
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Episode 148
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39:41
Podcast Update
Just 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 on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts of Arlington, Jr. While ...
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#147: The Mayaguez Incident: The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part VII
This 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 battlefield. An incident that still causes embarrassment today.The introduction and transition ...
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Episode 147
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49:24
#146: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties of Vietnam, Part VI
The 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 the troops, but since information flowed a lot slower in 1975 than i...
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Episode 146
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28:00
Podcast Announcement
Surgery on Christmas Eve is never fun - unexpected emergency surgery on Christmas Eve is even worse. Listen for more. Happy New Year, everyone!The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the el...
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4:08
#145: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part V
As 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 run the show from there. If you said Ford was probably trying to run the ordeal in the midst of a...
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Episode 145
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28:56
#144: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam
Bad 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 Marine making the plan flew over the site at 4500 feet with his personal 35mm camera. This week we s...
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Episode 144
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25:58
#143: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part III
US reconnaissance planes lost track of the Mayaguez crew when the trawler they were on arrived at the port of Kompong Som on mainland Cambodia. Because of that, US planners continued to plan for a rescue under the assumption that the crew was s...
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Episode 143
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24:51
#142: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part II
As the first day of the Mayaguez Incident was coming to a close, US officials were gathering Marines from The Philippines and Okinawa for a potential rescue attempt. The Seventh Air Force commander, on the ground in Thailand, tried to include h...
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Episode 142
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31:15
#141: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part I
The last US combat units left South Vietnam on March 29, 1973. The last US embassy personnel were dramatically evacuated on April 30, 1975, the same day that the People's Army of Vietnam entered the city, signaling the defeat of South Vietnam a...
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Episode 141
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31:25
#140: Honored Returns
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is the federal agency responsible for recovering the remains of previously missing in action service members and identifying them and each year DPAA strikes hundreds of names from the rolls of the mi...
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Episode 140
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37:57
#139: The King of Swing, Part II
Glenn Miller was only in charge of the Army Air Forces band for a little over a year and a half, but in that time he changed the way people thought about military bands, challenged the way traditional marches were performed, and above all else,...
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Episode 139
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45:11
#138: The King of Swing, Part I
After several months talking about the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, this week we return full time to Arlington. For the next two podcasts I will be talking about someone I have wanted to cover for some time. That desire ...
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Episode 138
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43:57
#137: Sons of Hawaii, Part III
After representing Hawaii as an officer in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Daniel Inouye went on to serve Hawaii in the US Senate for nearly 50 years, becoming the second-longest serving Senator in that chambers history. During that time, his...
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Episode 137
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