by Michael F. McNamara | Jul 25, 2017 | History, World War II
These are the images that we associate with the Battle of Iwo Jima. Recently, I stumbled on to interviews with Japanese survivors of the battle, something I’d never heard before.
Listen to the conditions they lived and fought in, their combat instructions, the way they treated their wounded and how they ultimately turned to barbaric behavior as their food and water ran out and they knew their end was near.
Amazing audio. You can watch the source videos here: Video #1, Video #2, and Video #3.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jul 24, 2017 | History, Leadership, Vietnam

Jarvis Lynch
MajGen USMC (ret)
We had extensive conversations about My Lai last week on the program. Jarvis Lynch, MajGen USMC (ret) — an operations officer in Vietnam in 1969 in Vietnam joined us to discuss what it was like to lead in Vietnam given the social unrest of the time in our natio.
Jarvis has very interesting things to say about drugs, rape and weak leadership during the Vietnam War and in any war. We discuss drugs, rape and leadership at My Lai.
We also talk about how the Viet Cong related to the North Vietnamese Army in an area of operations and an interesting story about a leprosy colony that full of healthy young men. Interesting stuff.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jul 21, 2017 | Current Events, Food

KIm Holmes
ALL MARINE RADIO
OFFICIAL CHEF
We mix food (lamb chops) and retirement advice today as we visit with the ALL MARINE RADIO Head Chef Kim Holmes.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jul 20, 2017 | History, Leadership, Vietnam
We continue our look at the My Lai massacre with a look at the General Court Martial of 1LT William Calley, U.S. Army. The news report you will hear chronicles the trial and some of the significant testimony of that was presented.
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