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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253 episodes
John E. Little: US Army rifleman who fought at at Monte Cassino and Anzio during WW2 - Part 1 of 5
This series features John E. Little, a rifleman in the United States 34th Infantry Division, 135th infantry Regiment, Company C who fought at Monte Cassino, Anzio and the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign in World War Two. Lis...
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Episode 254
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John E. Little: US Army rifleman who fought at at Monte Cassino and Anzio during WW2 - All Parts
This series features John E. Little, a rifleman in the United States 34th Infantry Division, 135th infantry Regiment, Company C who fought at Monte Cassino, Anzio and the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign in World War Two. Lis...
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Episode 253
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Can a veterans trauma in war be inherited in their children? Our discussion with therapist Eveline Konings.
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 259
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Pearl Harbor survivor, Ted Kuykendall, from the USS Nevada tells his story (WWII). Part 4 of 4.
Ted Kuykendall was an electrictrician during WWII and was serving on the USS Nevada when the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th, 1941. He shares his remembrances from one of the most historic events in modern history onboard...
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Episode 252
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Pearl Harbor survivor, Ted Kuykendall, from the USS Nevada tells his story (WWII). Part 3 of 4.
Ted Kuykendall was an electrictrician during WWII and was serving on the USS Nevada when the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th, 1941. He shares his remembrances from one of the most historic events in modern history onboard ...
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Episode 251
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Pearl Harbor survivor, Ted Kuykendall, from the USS Nevada tells his story (WWII). Part 2 of 4.
Ted Kuykendall was an electrictrician during WWII and was serving on the USS Nevada when the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th, 1941. He shares his remembrances from one of the most historic events in modern history onboard ...
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Episode 250
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Premium Edition - Pearl Harbor survivor, Ted Kuykendall, from the USS Nevada tells his story (WWII). All parts.
Ted Kuykendall was an electrictrician during WWII and was serving on the USS Nevada when the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th, 1941. He shares his remembrances from one of the most historic events in modern history onboard ...
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Episode 253
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2:10:37
Pearl Harbor survivor, Ted Kuykendall, from the USS Nevada tells his story (WWII). Part 1 of 4.
Ted Kuykendall was an electrictrician during WWII and was serving on the USS Nevada when the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th, 1941. He shares his remembrances from one of the most historic events in modern history onboard ...
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Episode 249
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Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 6/6 SERIES 54
Welcome to the final episode of the 6 part Bill Mauch series. In this Episode Bill describes his trip across the US after leaving the Marines and the heartfelt moment he saw his family again.
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Episode 249
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Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 5/6 SERIES 54
Welcome to Episode 5 of the 6 part Bill Mauch series. In this episode Bill discusses the number of ways you can die on Okinawa.
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Episode 248
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47:23
Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 4/6 SERIES 54
Welcome to Episode 4 of the Bill Mauch series. Bill talks about the reason for invading Peleliu and provides some intense moments from the battle. He also talks about the landing on Okinawa.
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Episode 247
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46:43
Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 3/6 SERIES 54
Welcome to Episode 3 of the Bill Mauch series. In this episode Bill discusses the training on Pavuvu and Guadalcanal before the invading Peleliu in the fall of 1944.
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Episode 246
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38:25
Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 2/6 SERIES 54
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Bill Mauch series. In this episode Bill talks about being assigned to the 8th Amphibious Tactor Battalion and he ships out for the Pacific Theater.
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Episode 245
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PREMIUM EDITION Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII SERIES 54
Welcome to the Premium Subscriber edition of the Bill Mauch series. This is the story of Bill Mauch from Sapulpa, OK who served in the 8th Amphibious Tractor Battalion attached to the 1st Marine Division. He fought in WWII on the islands of Pel...
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Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 1/6 SERIES 54
Welcome to Episode 1 of the 6 part Bill Mauch series. In this episode we meet Sapulpa, OK native Bill Mauch as he tells us how he got involved in WWII and we learn about his training.
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Episode 244
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AIR RAID EDITION! Tony and Ryan explore the USO! SERIES 53
Many of the vets we've interviewed have had SOMETHING to say about the USO. So, in this Air Raid Edition, we share some of the remembrances and unpack why this was so important to the veterans we've interviewed.
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TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - PART 2 of 2 SERIES 52
Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on...
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Episode 243
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TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - Subscriber only - ALL PARTS SERIES 52
Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on...
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Episode 242
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TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - PART 1 of 2 SERIES 52
Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on...
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Episode 241
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AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe - PART 2 of 2 SERIES 51
We announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional cont...
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Episode 240
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AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe - ALL PARTS SERIES 51
We announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional cont...
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Episode 239
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AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe! - PART 1 of 2 SERIES 51
We announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional cont...
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Episode 238
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Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 3/3, Series 50: HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville
Welcome to Episode 3 of the Hamlin-Morrell series. In our last episode, we learned the details of the sinkings of the SS Leopoldville, HMS Cappell and HMS Affleck around Christmas 1944 off Cherbourg. In this episode, follow up questions are ask...
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Episode 237
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Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 2/3, Series 50; HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville
Welcome to episode 2 of the Jack Hamlin-Morell Murphy series. In Episode 1 we discussed how this event came to be and we met our 2 veterans: Morell Murphy, an Irish sailor whose ship was sunk by a sub off Cherbourg and Jack Hamlin, a Coast Guar...
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Episode 236
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Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 1/3, Series 50: HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville
Welcome to Episode 1 of this unique new series where we witness a online meeting between an Irish sailor from WWII whose ship the HMS Capel was sunk off Cherbourg, France and the US Coast Guardsman who may have attended his rescue. In this firs...
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Episode 235
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