Episode 171: A Terrorist Attack Against a Sitting US President

Leslie "Les" William Coffelt is the only secret service agent to be killed while protecting the president. It was a terrorist attack, in Washington, DC, in broad daylight, perpetrated by two US citizens. 

 

Episode 170: To the Top! The Post-World War II History of the 10th Mountain Division

 

The 10th Mountain Division burst onto the world stage fighting the Nazi's in Italy, but they have continued to be at the center of world-wide US military operations down to the present day.

Episode 169: One Soldier's Story; Bob Dole, Part VI

 

Bob Dole never fully recovered from his wound in Italy, but in time he was able to look past them. He set aside his shattered dreams to become a doctor. He stopped looking at all the things he couldn't do and instead chose to focus on what he could do. He could get married. He could be a father to his daughter. He could go to law school. He could rise to become the senior ranking senator in the US Senate.

US Army Captain and US Senator Robert Joseph Dole is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Section 4, Grave 3-A.

Episode 168: One Soldier's Story; Bob Dole, Part V

Bob Dole Returns home to Kansas, but aside from the actual moment of his battlefield injury, it is twice in the States - once in Kansas and once in Michigan - that he comes closest to death during his long road to recovery.

 

Episode 167: One Soldier's Story; Bob Dole, Part IV

Lieutenant Bob Dole and his platoon are part of the larger effort of the Allies to take Hill 913 from its German defenders. Little does Dole know, that fight will just be the beginning of his struggle to survive.

Episode 166: One Soldier's Story; Bob Dole, Part III

World War II continues in Europe and the Pacific, while Bob Dole continues to train on the home front and wonders if he will ever make it overseas, like his younger brother Kenny who is an experienced combat veteran by summer 1944. When Dole get another chance to attend OCS and become an officer, he jumps at it - and this time get a class slot. The Army has a shortage of lieutenants and needs to quickly train more. Dole is happy to replace an LT but never stops to ask why so many need to be replaced.

 

Episode 165: One Soldier's Story - Bob Dole, Part II

 

Bob Dole finishes the 1942-1943 school year at Kansas University and is almost immediately called up for active duty. His training timeline is changed multiple times - as does the military job he is training for - but once the Allies successfully land at Normandy on D-Day, he know that his time is coming. After being afraid that the war would end before he got into it, he is now sure he will be heading to the European Theater of Operation.