The Warrior Next Door Podcast
We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield. We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!
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287 episodes
Betty Hayes - An actual "Rosie the Riveter"! EP 2 of 2
Welcome to Episode 2 of our two part series featuring Ms. Betty Hayes, who worked in the North American B-25 factory in Kansas City, KS during WWII. In this episode we hear more about her experiences working on the home front and learn of some ...
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Episode 289
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Betty Hayes - An actual "Rosie the Riveter"! EP 1 of 2
Welcome listeners to Episode 1 of our 2 part series featuring an actual "Rosie the Riveter" during WWII - Ms. Betty Hayes. In this episode we meet Betty and hear about how she got involved in war effort on the home front building B-25 bombers.&...
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Episode 288
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Ms. Betty Hayes - An actual "Rosie the Riveter"!
In this series, we feature Ms. Betty Hayes - an actual "Rosie the Riveter" who worked during WWII at the Kansas City, KS North American factory building B-25's for the war effort. This interview was conducted on October 10, 2025, just one day b...
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TWND and Ray Harris Jr. Discuss Top Five Nazi Blunders! Part 2 of 2
The Warrior Next Door and pleased to have collaborated with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WW2 Podcast to discuss our Top Five Nazi Blunders of WW2! Please leave your top five on our website warriornextdoor.com or our facebook page!
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Episode 285
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47:37
Tony and Ryan Share Listener Feedback from 2025! All Parts - Premium Subscriber
The Warrior Next Door and pleased to have collaborated with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WW2 Podcast to discuss our Top Five Nazi Blunders of WW2! Please leave your top five on our website warriornextdoor.com or our facebook page!
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1:45:48
TWND and Ray Harris Jr. Discuss Top Five Nazi Blunders! Part 1 of 2
The Warrior Next Door and pleased to have collaborated with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WW2 Podcast to discuss our Top Five Nazi Blunders of WW2! Please leave your top five on our website warriornextdoor.com or our facebook page!
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Episode 284
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59:08
Tony and Ryan Share Listener Feedback from 2025! Part 2 of 2
Nothing makes us more determined to continue sharing these amazing stories than receiving feedback, good and bad, from our listeners. We wanted to share some of the feedback we've received in the first half of 2025 so that our listeners know we...
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Episode 283
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35:55
EP 4 of 4 Cpl. William M. "Bill" Sims - US ARMY DDAY WWII
Welcome to the final episode of the Bill Sims series. In this episode Bill talks about liberating a concentration camp at Ohrdruf Germany, a pathetic experience he had witnessing a German citizen trying to fire a bazooka at them and a bad exper...
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EP 3 of 4 Cpl. William M. "Bill" Sims - US ARMY DDAY WWII
Welcome to Episode 3 of the Bill Sims series. In this episode Bill talks about action he saw pertaining to Gen. Patton, St. Lo, Aachen and the bridge at Remagen.
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Episode 287
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EP 2 of 4 Cpl. William M. "Bill" Sims - US ARMY DDAY WWII
Welcome to Episode 2 of the 4 part Bill Sims series. In this episode Bill tells a never before known story about Pattons "polite" way of interrogating captured german officers and we learned about Bill’s fighting across France all the way to Aa...
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Episode 286
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EP 1 of 4 Cpl. William M. "Bill" Sims - US ARMY DDAY WWII
Welcome to the Cpl. Bill Sims series, a Lineman in the Signal Corps in the US Army. In episode one we meet Bill and hear about his entrance into the Army and being in England on DDay watching the planes fly over.
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Episode 285
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Cpl. William M. "Bill" Sims - US ARMY DDAY WWII - PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER
Welcome to the Cpl. Bill Sims premium episode. Cpl. Sims was a Lineman, stringing communications wire from the front lines and was at the tip of the spear on the front. He witnessed many "firsts" in this role including being one of the first Li...
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Episode 284
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2:49:47
Tony and Ryan Share Listener Feedback from 2025! Part 1 of 2
Nothing makes us more determined to continue sharing these amazing stories than receiving feedback, good and bad, from our listeners. We wanted to share some of the feedback we've received in the first half of 2025 so that our listeners know we...
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Episode 282
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Can a veteran's trauma be inherited by their children? Join our discussion with therapist Eveline Konings to find out!
Can trauma experienced by a WWII veteran change his DNA? Can it be passed down to their children? Join us for our eye opening discussion with Eveline Konings, a TRE-Counselor and therapist from Belgium.
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Episode 258
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Charles Berglund: US Navy, WWII - Heavy Cruiser USS New Orleans and Cold War Nuclear Submarines - Episode 4 of 4
Join us as Charles Berglund, a medic and sailor, describes his experiences on the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) as it fought its way across the pacific in some of the most pivotal battles of the War in the Pacific! After Wor...
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Episode 280
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36:09
Charles Berglund: US Navy, WWII - Heavy Cruiser USS New Orleans and Cold War Nuclear Submarines - Episode 3 of 4
Join us as Charles Berglund, a medic and sailor, describes his experiences on the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) as it fought its way across the pacific in some of the most pivotal battles of the War in the Pacific! After Wor...
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Episode 279
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PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER: Conversation with author/military historian Dr. Colin Heaton
Welcome to our Dr. Colin Heaton interview; a prolific author, military historian and professor who has interviewed many famous and infamous veterans from all sides of WWII. This is a fast-paced and information packed discussion. Buckle up! ...
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Charles Berglund: US Navy, WWII - Heavy Cruiser USS New Orleans and Cold War Nuclear Submarines - Episode 2 of 4
Join us as Charles Berglund, a medic and sailor, describes his experiences on the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) as it fought its way across the pacific in some of the most pivotal battles of the War in the Pacific! After Wor...
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Episode 278
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50:24
Charles Berglund: US Navy, WWII - Heavy Cruiser USS New Orleans and Cold War Nuclear Submarines - ALL EPISODES
Join us as Charles Berglund, a medic and sailor, describes his experiences on the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) as it fought its way across the pacific in some of the most pivotal battles of the War in the Pacific! After Wor...
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Episode 277
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2:38:40
Charles Berglund: US Navy, WWII - Heavy Cruiser USS New Orleans and Cold War Nuclear Submarines - Episode 1 of 4
Join us as Charles Berglund, a medic and sailor, describes his experiences on the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) as it fought its way across the pacific in some of the most pivotal battles of the War in the Pacific! After Wor...
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Episode 276
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Major General James E. Livingston - Medal of Honor Vietnam Ep 4/4
Here we join Maj. Gen. Livingston as he talks about his recovery from his wounds from the Battle of Dai Do and his final assignment back to Vietnam for the evacuation of Saigon.
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Episode 275
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Major General James E. Livingston - Medal of Honor Vietnam Ep 3/4
In this episode we join Maj. Gen. Livingston as he talks about the pivotal battle of his military career, the battle of Dai Do for which he would be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Episode 274
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30:52
Major General James E. Livingston - Medal of Honor Vietnam Ep 2/4
In Episode 2 Gen Livingston takes us back to March 1968 as he fought an action in which he received the Silver Star.
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Episode 273
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46:31
Major General James E. Livingston - Medal of Honor Vietnam PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER
Welcome to the uncut PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER episode. Enjoy this excellent series as we interview Major General James E. Livingston who led Company E of the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines in heavy fighting from late 1967 thru May 1968. He would be awarde...
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Episode 271
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