This interview is there the Veterans History Project and conducted by the kenan research center. I was born three weeks before Pearl Harbor and i did not meet my father until the end of 1945 when he came home from service. He and five of his brothers wore the uniform in World War ii and four of my mothers brothers. So we were heavily invested in that war, and my earliest memories are of living in houses full of frightened women looking out the window for the telegraph boy. You know, they were all of these uncles and aunts were young couples, they had maybe one or two kids. The war broke out and then the father is gone and hes gone mostly for the duration of the war. So we my mother and i lived between her Mothers House and the little town of mar kate, texas, and his Mothers House in the little town of franklin, texas, which was 28 miles away. We would ride the bus between those two. My mother was pretty good at figuring out when we had worn out our welcome in one place and we moved to
This interview is there the Veterans History Project and conducted by the kenan research center. I was born three weeks before Pearl Harbor and i did not meet my father until the end of 1945 when he came home from service. He and five of his brothers wore the uniform in World War ii and four of my mothers brothers. So we were heavily invested in that war, and my earliest memories are of living in houses full of frightened women looking out the window for the telegraph boy. You know, they were all of these uncles and aunts were young couples, they had maybe one or two kids. The war broke out and then the father is gone and hes gone mostly for the duration of the war. So we my mother and i lived between her Mothers House and the little town of mar kate, texas, and his Mothers House in the little town of franklin, texas, which was 28 miles away. We would ride the bus between those two. My mother was pretty good at figuring out when we had worn out our welcome in one place and we moved to
Memories are of living in houses full of frightened women looking out the window for the telegraph boy. You know, they were all of these uncles and aunts were young couples, they had maybe one or two kids. The war broke out and then the father is gone and hes gone mostly for the duration of the war. So we my mother and i lived between her Mothers House and the little town of mar kate, texas, and his Mothers House in the little town of franklin, texas, which was 28 miles away. We would ride the bus between those two. My mother was pretty good at figuring out when we had worn out our welcome in one place and we moved to the other. I can remember a little alligator embossed cardboard suitcase, we would pack all our belongings in and head down the road. Those were the years of World War ii and i have a memory of Scrap Metal collections and saving bacon grease, which i have no idea what they did, something to do with ammunition. You know, i remember my mother they only gave you the Ration B
Just a military target. It was the sight of a military defeat that had to be redeemed. In february, 1945, a daring mission was launched to recapture this island. Author Kevin Maurer joins us tonight to discuss this mission. He is the author of several books, including no easy day, the firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden, and hes covered the military for more than ten years, traveling through iraq, afghanistan, east africa, and haiti to tell the stories of american soldiers. His latest work, Rock Force, tells the story of 1945 retaking of corregidor. Please join me in welcoming Kevin Maurer. Hello, welcome. Thank you very much for the center for having me. Lets talk about Rock Force, a sort of homecoming for me. My family still lives in virginia beach. Im familiar with what you guys do there and i appreciate you taking the time to talk to me. So Rock Force is an interesting book only and that i had no Idea Anything about corregidor, the final third. And i was in
A military target. It was the site of a military defeat that had to be redeemed in february 1945 a Daring Mission was launched to recapture this island. Author Kevin Maurer joins us tonight to discuss this mission. He is the author of several books including no easy day the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden and hes covered the military for more than 10 years traveling to iraq afghanistan East Africa and haiti to tell the stories of american soldiers. His latest Work Rock Force tells the story of the 1945 retaking of corregidor. Please join me in welcoming Kevin Maurer. Hello. Welcome. Thank you very much to the Macarthur Center for having me to talk about Rock Force sort of a virtual homecoming for me as i went to high school in Virginia Beach and my my family still lives there and my brother lives in norfolk. So im im pretty familiar with with what you guys do over there. And i really appreciate you guys taking the time to talk to me. So the Rock Force is an