Here are three more great-to-listen-to podcasts.
Researcher Bob Fuerst shares his journey as our very first volunteer and he work as the manager of the Alabama database of fallen.
Bellow is a link to the story of Luther "Luke" Isom, who was killed on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor and was Madison County, Alabama's first casualty of WWII.
March 25 - He Gave His Life The Day We Dropped The Atomic Bomb For A Country He Was Not A Citizen Of
Marine Corps veteran Adam Earls tells the story of the Filipino’s who gave their lives for a country that was not their own. Adam also tells the stories from his own regiment -- the 1st Battalion 8th Marines, and his own family's loss.
Teodorico G. Galicia was the last man from the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment who died in the war, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. https://www.fold3.com/page/653602075/teodorico-g-galicia/stories
Family relative AAF medic Pvt. Floyd "Bud" Ernst https://www.fold3.com/page/653611951/floyd-s-ernst/stories
1/8 Marines Silver Star recipient Lt. Newell Berg https://www.fold3.com/page/653601506/newell-thorpe-berg/stories
1/8 Marines Pvt. Robert J. Madden https://www.fold3.com/page/653601500/robert-joseph-madden/stories
1/8 Marines Tarawa Navy Cross recipient Lt. Mark Tomlinson https://www.fold3.com/page/653601278/mark-tomlinson/stories
See more about Adam's work and visit the Pike County GA Memorial to the Fallen. The link is: https://www.facebook.com/Pike-County-GA-Memorial-to-the-Fallen-101578458560341
Weber County native Kim Dixon had a goal of finding all the WWII fallen from Weber County, Utah and has written more than 200 stories of these fallen.
One of the stories that stands out to her is the story of John W. Lambert, who volunteered for the US Navy at age 17, was captured by the Japanese after the surrender of Wake Island, and was executed as a prisoner of war -- perhaps the first war crime Japan committed against the United States in World War II. https://www.fold3.com/page/653609196/john-william-lambert-on-behalf-of-stories-behind-the-stars
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