The following shows aired in May 2008. Click on the show date in the left column to listen to that show. Files are in MP3 format.
| 5/3/08 | SOUND OFF!.Once again, Veterans Radio opens its lines so you can “sound off.” What’s on your mind? How can we help our fellow veterans? How can we help our active duty military? What bragging rights does your organization have? What would you like to know about our military? Its traditions? What about the capabilities of our troops? Their equipment? If we don’t know the answer, we bet one of our listeners will. Here’s your chance to share a positive story. Here’s your chance to “SOUND OFF” to host Dale Throneberry. |
| 5/10/08 | Seduced by Secrets. Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter, said they were “Worse than the Gestapo.” Who were they? They were the feared East German Ministry for State Security; otherwise known as: Stasi. Join host Gary Lillie and guest Kristie Macrakis, professor of the history of science at Michigan State University and Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, author of Seduced by Secrets, will take you inside the massive spy agency that the intelligence community considered a greater threat than the KGB. Why? Listen and you will learn why. |
| 5/17/08 | The Donut Dollies Of Vietnam. 627 American women signed up for the Red Cross Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas program to go and entertain the two and a half million troops fighting the Vietnam War. That’s a 4,000 to one ratio. No wonder they were so popular. They came of age at the dawn of the women’s movement. Young, adventurous, idealistic, and committed, they were a breath of fresh air in the dusty firebases and sweaty base camps of Vietnam. Heirs to a Red Cross recreational program started in World War II, the Vietnam girls didn’t have donut machines, but with a never-ending smile, a listening ear, and a collection of silly games, they delivered a touch of home to the combat zone. Join Dale Throneberry as he talks with three Vietnam Era Donut Dollies. Susan McLean, Emily Strange, and Holley Watts tell their stories of what it was like during their tours of duty. |
| 5/24/08 | Arlington. Each year more than 4,000,000 people come to visit. More than 300,000 reside here. Over 500 more are added each week. Near-mythological stories of valor, commitment, sacrifice and patriotism surround you as you walk the grounds. It is the location of the Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers. The official name is Arlington National Cemetery, but known simply as: Arlington
Join host Gary Lillie and guest Michael Patterson, webmaster of a site dedicated to Arlington National Cemetery, as we honor those who have died for our country and for freedom. Together we will learn more about the best known of the special places reserved for them. |
| 5/31/08 | Hamburger Hill. After suffering devastating losses in the 1968 Tet Offensive, by early 1969 it became apparent that the North Vietnamese Army, the NVA, were regrouping along the Laotian border and within the A Shau Valley. Ten battalions, including units of the 9th Marine Regiment, the 3/5th Cav, and the 3rd ARVN Regiment participated in an attack to clear them out, capture their supplies, and cut off that section of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The men of the 101st Airborne were assigned what turned out to be the deadliest part of the operation: Take a hill the Vietnamese named Dong Ap Bia. To the military it was Hill 937. To the men who fought to take it… and lived…it will always be known as: Hamburger Hill
Join host Gary Lillie and two men of Co A, 2/506th, 101st Airborne Division; Art Wiknik, Jr. and Howard Siner, as they describe their part in the assault. The battle for Hamburger Hill lasted ten days. You will hear the personal stories of just one day of the battle, May 20, 1969. It will leave you exhausted; and knowing that you will not miss our follow up show with men who survived the entire ten days. Do not miss Veterans Radio this week. |
