The following shows aired in September 2010. Click on the show date in the left column to listen to that show. Files are in MP3 format.
9/4/10 Tam Ky: the Battle for Nui Yon Hill. On 13 March, 1969, the men of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, along with other units were combat assaulted into a hot landing zone near the village of Tam Ky, Vietnam. Their objective: take Nui Yon Hill. As the Hueys began to descend they were hit by heavy enemy fire. Once the soldiers were on the ground they became embroiled in a fierce two-day battle.Thomas Pozdol was a squad leader with C Company; Ron Kociba a squad member. Their personal stories present a graphic picture of that battle.
9/11/10 Join Veterans Radio in the morning. In our first segment we interview a Vietnam Veteran who, as a police chaplain, was part of a 5-man team that spent 10 days at Ground Zero.Are you aware of the number of deaths that have to workers post 9/11? You may be shocked. We will interview Marc J Bern of Napoli, Bern, Ripka law firm who will describe the health aftermath.
9/18/10 PTSD: Lifting The Shroud On The Trauma of War. This week on Veterans Radio we will be looking at two PTSD diagnosis and treatment programs designed to help today’s veterans before it’s too late. Fort Hood is the home of the Warrior Combat Stress Reset Program, which counsels soldiers upon returning from the war zones overseas on PTSD, family problems, and myriad other difficulties facing the brave men and women in uniform. Join writer Kelly Von Lunen, author of “PTSD: Lifting the Shroud on the Trauma of War”, as seen in the August 2010 issue of the VFW magazine along with Dr.Jerry Wesch, PhD, director of the Warrior Combat Stress Reset Program at Ft. Hood Texas as we discuss that program. And Captain Reg Arthur Williams, USNR (Ret), PhD, RN, Professor, School of Nursing and Psychiatry, at the University of Michigan Medical School. Captain Williams is one of the developers of a new web-based behavioral self-management program for stress called “Stress Gym.”
9/25/10 Left For Dead. It was almost 2100 hrs on 29 January 1968, the night before the “Tet Offensive” when Wendell Skinner’s helicopter crashed in Cambodia attempting to extract a Special Forces Long Range Patrol Team that had come in contact with a large force of Viet Cong and NVA. The LZ was a burned out area in the jungle that was covered with ashes. As the helicopter made its approach the ashes flew up around the aircraft blinding the pilot and he made a hard landing resulting in the pilot being thrown through the windshield still strapped in his seat almost tearing his arm off. The co-pilot and door gunner were thrown against the dash and suffered broken bones. Skinner was thrown under the huey as it rolled over and started to burn. Thinking Skinner was dead another huey picked up the wounded crew and the SF Team and left the area leaving Skinner. Major Earl Carson, CO of the 195th Assault Helicopter Company was awakened shortly after midnight and told of the crash and the loss of Skinner. Carlson was outraged.”You don’t leave a soldier, dead or alive, behind.” He had never lost a man under his command. He gathered a crew together and went to find Skinner. “I was just doing what a commanding officer is supposed to do.”