The following shows aired in August 2008. Click on the show date in the left column to listen to that show. Files are in MP3 format.
8/23/08Joe Galloway Part II. Join host Gary Lillie as he continues his interview with Joe Galloway as he tells of the trips he and General Moore made back to Vietnam to meet with their counterparts and former enemies in the battles, their night spent on LZ X-Ray, and We Are Soldiers Still.
8/2/08 | Carrier Pilot: Flying Against Nature and the Japanese. Join host Gary Lillie and former Hellcat pilot John Laird, as he describes his service to our country during World War II…from practicing carrier landings on Lake Michigan (was it on one of those old paddle wheel aircraft carriers?) to Kamikaze attacks to flying over Tokyo as the war ended. You will be entertained…that’s a promise. |
8/9/08 | CHRYSLER JEEP SUPERSTORES’ THUNDER OVER MICHIGAN. Months of preparation followed by three days of well coordinated action make up “Thunder.” Check out our insider interviews with those whose responsibility it is to carry out this mission, as well as the pilots who fly the air show circuit, will describe the inner workings of a large military aviation event. Join the Veterans Radio crew; Gary Lillie and Bob Gould as they broadcast from the Yankee Air Museum at historic Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. |
8/16/08 | Joe Galloway: We Are Soldiers Still. If you have ever read We Were Soldiers Once…And Young, you know it was one of the finest and truest accounts of battle ever written. The authors, Joe Galloway and Lt. Gen Hal Moore (US Army-Ret) actually participated in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley. And now they have written a sequel, which is the story of the book. Join Veterans Radio’s Gary Lillie as Joe Galloway tells the story of his life, his battles, his Bronze Star with “V” device, (the only civilian to receive one in Vietnam), and his new book We Are Soldiers Still.
The song at the end of this program is called Comin’ Home by Michael J. Martin a frequent guest on Veterans Radio. Martin was an Army Pointman with Americal Division, 68-69, and was awared Silver and Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantry Badge. |
8/30/08 | Encore of our program from 24 May 2008: “Arlington” |