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.