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We feature Al Johnson, who served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII. Al was a member of Operations Group (OG) Patrick and Blueberry who fought behind enemy lines in France and China, respectively, during WWII.
Of the 14 million+ servicemen who fought in WWII, only ~7,500 served as an OG with the OSS. This is a truly special and remarkable story!
In this final episode, we'll learn more about the aftermath of the assault on the Japanese outpost and his journey home.
Thanks for your service, Al...

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During the month of December, we have an exclusive Christmas gift for the listeners of The Warrior Next Door Podcast. Join us as we do a full reading of the true WWII story “The American St Nick”. It is the remarkable story of a few GI’s of the 28th Infantry Division who brought Christmas to the children of the small war torn town of Wiltz, Luxembourg on the eve of the Battle of the Bulge. This story will make you proud and is a fine example set by our WWII men in uniform showing the best of what humanity has to offer in a time when we were seeing what the worst of humanity could do. This book does not exist as an audio book and for the first time, will be read by several narrators including the Emmy award winning author Peter Lion, the children of key characters in the story, as well as your podcast hosts Tony and Ryan. Don’t miss this exclusive special presentation unique to this podcast that will warm your heart. Notably the first episode will air on Monday Dec 5, 2022: 78 years to the day that the actual event happened during WWII

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Welcome to the final episode of the Jack Hamlin series. In this episode Jack describes his participation in the rescue of survivors from the sinking of the SS Leopoldville on Dec 24, 1944 which was stricken by a German sub. Then 2 nights later the same sub sank the HMS Capel where he also mustered for that rescue.

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In this episode of the Harvey Hunt series, Harvey chronicles his recovery from his wound in Hawaii and getting to spend some time with his father. WARNING: Some listeners may find the content disturbing.
Here is a link to our first video update for our podcast!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hb8Y9xXn_3Uhf_pxCqjXiITb6-b2Tn9S/view?usp=sharing

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Steve Bichler served with a military transition team (MiTTs) during the last year of US occupation as a communications officer in the US Air Force. During this time, Steve worked closely with Iraqi government officials and, by extension, interpreters from Iraq who signed up to help with the transition. One of these interpreters was Azeez "Simon" Alrifaie, who was featured in an earlier podcast series.
Please join us as Steve shares his experiences with the MiTTs team in 2011 as the US forces pulled out of Iraq and how it affected him to learn of the fate of many of of Iraqis he served with and advised, including Azeez who was featured in Series 35 of The Warrior Next Door podcast.

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