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Back to SearchA WWII Nurse in Patton's 3rd Army
Season 3 Episode 19
A different kind of war story and hero: Lt. Mary Balster was a charming Midwestern teenager (the apple of her father's eye) when she enlisted as a nu…
2 years, 1 month ago
Breaking Down the Meth and Fentanyl Epidemic
Season 3 Episode 18
Award-winning journalist Sam Quinones lays out the facts behind the meth and fentanyl drug crisis in the U.S.:
He expertly describes how mass manufact…
2 years, 2 months ago
Counterfeit Polish Countess Saved Thousands in WWII!
Season 3 Episode 17
Janina Melberg was a brilliant mathematician posing as a Polish Countess Janina Suchodolska to hide her Jewish identity during the Nazi occupation in…
2 years, 2 months ago
MACV-SOG Warrior Lives a Life of Adventure and Service! Part II
Season 3 Episode 16
Jim “Wild Carrot” Shorten-Jones served as a team leader (One-Zero) in MACV-SOG during the height of Vietnam War, and ultimately in the Army, Navy and…
2 years, 2 months ago
MACV-SOG Warrior Lives a LIfe of Adventure and Service! Part I
Season 3 Episode 15
Jim “Wild Carrot” Shorten-Jones served as a team leader (One-Zero) in MACV-SOG during the height of Vietnam War, and ultimately in the Army, Navy and…
2 years, 2 months ago
Catching Predators with the FBI's Crimes Against Children Squad
Season 3 Episode 14
When FBI Special Agent Nikki Badolato arranged a live meetup with a man looking to 'rent' her infant daughter as part of a sting, she was shocked to …
2 years, 2 months ago
The Heroics of U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers
Season 3 Episode 13
U.S. Coast Guard Veteran Martha La Guardia-Kotite shares inspiring stories of bravery from her book, “So Others May Live—Coast Guard’s Rescue Swimmer…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Mind-Blowing Near-Death Experience of Gary Wimmer
Season 3 Episode 12
One dark night in Austin, Texas, onlookers watched in horror as musician Gary Wimmer was struck head-on by a speeding car, ramming his head into the …
2 years, 3 months ago
Saving SOG Souls with the 101st Airborne: Part II
Season 3 Episode 11
In part two of this interview, Roger Lockshier lays out his dramatic experiences as a helicopter pilot serving in Vietnam. In 1968, at the height of …
2 years, 3 months ago
Saving SOG Souls with the 101st Airborne: Part I
Season 3 Episode 10
In this two-part interview, Roger Lockshier lays out his dramatic experiences as a helicopter pilot serving in Vietnam. In 1968, at the height of the…
2 years, 3 months ago