Veterans Chronicles
Hear firsthand stories from America’s military heroes on Veterans Chronicles. From D-Day, Iwo Jima, and Khe Sanh to Baghdad, Fallujah, and Afghanistan, this podcast features exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses to history’s greatest battles. Rare archival recordings and segments like “Heroes of the Air” and “World War II Chronicles” bring their courage to life. Subscribe for gripping tales of bravery and sacrifice.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 507
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2025
Frank DeVita, USCG, WWII, Omaha Beach, Okinawa
Frank DeVita joined the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II thinking his job would be to protect the American coast. But his war service would be much different than expected when the Navy decided to us…
00:39:17 |
Wed 25 Dec 2024
SSG Jack Moran, U.S. Army, WWII, Fighting and Freezing at the Bulge
Jack Moran joined us nearly two years ago to discuss his extensive combat as an infantryman in Europe during World War II. Today, he returns for another conversation as we hear new details about his …
00:33:44 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Pfc. John 'Bill' Kongable, U.S. Army, World War II
John "Bill" Kongable was drafted into the U.S. Army just a couple of days after graduating from high school in 1944. From there it was on to basic training and eventually being trained as a gunman fo…
00:36:16 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Sgt. Robert Day, USMC, Iraq, Battle of Fallujah
Robert Day joined the U.S. Marine Corps just a few months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Soon he was being transformed into a Marine at Parris Island, and, less than three years later, he would be…
00:54:04 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Col. Sean Corrigan, U.S. Army, Iraq, Afghanistan, Desert Storm, Panama
Sean Corrigan was commissioned as a second lieutenant when he graduated from West Point in 1988. Within just a couple of years, he saw action in both Panama and Desert Storm. Soon after that he enter…
00:51:36 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Cpl Frank Wright, USMC, World War II, Fighting on Iwo Jima
Frank Wright joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, when he was just 16 years old. Before long, he became one of the famed Marine Raiders. After deploying first to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, …
00:33:37 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Y3C Lee Broussard, U.S. Navy, World War II, Witness to Japanese Surrrender
Lee Brousard enlisted in the Navy with the intention of joining the Naval Air Corps. But as he was traveling to Florida for flight training, the Navy changed those plans and sent him to San Diego for…
00:27:04 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Sgt. Mike Ergo, USMC, Iraq, Battle of Fallujah
Mike Ergo originally joined the U.S. Marine Corps to play his saxophone in the Marine Corps band. But a short time after joining the Corps in 2001, Ergo changed his mind and asked to be transferred t…
00:55:05 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
Col. Aaron Cunningham, USMC, Iraq, Battle of Fallujah
Aaron Cunningham started thinking seriously about military service after watching Operation Desert Storm unfold in 1991, the year he graduated from high school. He began college without being sure of…
00:51:55 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Cpl Kenneth Wells, USMC, World War II, Okinawa
Kenneth Wells was planning to join the U.S. Navy in World War II but the U.S. Marine Corps recruiter at the office told him he was joining the Marines instead. And so he did. His background as an ath…
00:48:38 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Capt. Vincent 'Bill' Purple, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
Vincent "Bill" Purple joined the U.S. Army Air Corps following the Japense attack on Pearl Harbor. Like most young men interested in joining the Air Corps, he wanted to be a fighter pilot. But the Ar…
00:39:18 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Cpl Frank Wright, USMC, World War II, Hand-to-Hand Fighting on Guam
Frank Wright joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, when he was just 16 years old. Before long, he became one of the famed Marine Raiders. After deploying first to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, …
00:27:06 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
Maj. Gen. Clayton Hutmacher, U.S. Army, USMC, Panama, Iraq, Afghanistan
Clayton Hutmacher enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1978. Six years later he jumped at the chance to go to Army flight school and pursue a career in special operations. He would later see action i…
00:58:30 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Cmdr. Porter Halyburton, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, POW Part 2
In the first half of our conversation with retired U.S. Navy Commander Porter Halyburton, we learned about the day he was shot down over North Vietnam, how he was captured and tortured, and the bond …
00:33:02 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Cmdr. Porter Halyburton, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, POW Part 1
Porter Halyburton was born in Florida and grew up in North Carolina. After college, he got married and joined the U.S. Navy with a clear goal of becoming a naval aviator. He got his wish, flying the …
00:36:56 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Ron DiFrancesco, 9/11 Terrorist Attack Survivor, World Trade Center
Ron DiFrancesco moved to the New York City area in 2000 to take an investment job with a firm based in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He was already at work on September 11, 2001, when th…
00:32:09 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
LtCol Rob Riggle, USMC, 9/11, Ground Zero
In 2022, we presented the oral history of U.S. Marine Corps veteran Rob Riggle, who later became famous as an actor and comedian. Riggle told us all about his service in Kosovo and Afghanistan and ho…
00:24:44 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
SGT David Rodriguez, U.S. Army, Vietnam
David Rodriguez has a legacy of military service in his family, but his real motivation for joining the Army was to move on from working in the family business of farming. Soon he was off to Ft. Lewi…
00:53:16 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
PFC Ernie Mogor, U.S. Army, World War II
Ernie Mogor wanted to join the U.S. Navy during World War II but he was rejected for being colorblind. He then chose the Army over the Marines and was soon off for "vigorous" infantry training. He be…
00:37:13 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
MSgt. John Dailey, USMC Special Operations, Afghanistan, Iraq
John Dailey remembers the day he decided to become a U.S. Marine. He was a young boy at a U.S. bicentennial parade in 1976. When he saw the Marine in dress uniform, he was hooked. Eleven years later,…
00:50:33 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
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