Always Remember - World War II Through Veterans’ Eyes
Dr. John David Ulferts
28 episodes
1 day ago
World War II was a pivotal moment in world history, when not only the survival of the United States was at stake, but of democracy throughout the world. Had the Allies lost WW II, fascism would have engulfed the world even as genocide would have robbed humanity of its diversity. WW II veterans live again through these short podcasts, which like the accompanying book of the same name, tell their incredible stories of valor and sacrifice. Each riveting podcast tells the story of WW II through the eyes of those who fought it. They were called the greatest generation for a reason.
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World War II was a pivotal moment in world history, when not only the survival of the United States was at stake, but of democracy throughout the world. Had the Allies lost WW II, fascism would have engulfed the world even as genocide would have robbed humanity of its diversity. WW II veterans live again through these short podcasts, which like the accompanying book of the same name, tell their incredible stories of valor and sacrifice. Each riveting podcast tells the story of WW II through the eyes of those who fought it. They were called the greatest generation for a reason.
Ep 25 - Edgar Kuhlow: He is Going to Stay Laying Here in Germany
Always Remember - World War II Through Veterans’ Eyes
32 minutes
1 month ago
Ep 25 - Edgar Kuhlow: He is Going to Stay Laying Here in Germany
Sick with malaria, on a 150-200 mile, three week forced march from one German POW camp to another, Edgar Kuhlow heard one German guard talking about him to another guard - Daah blibt heea in Deutschland leigen (He is going to stay laying here in Germany). Having already survived brutal combat at Anzio and in southern France, as well as seven months of incarceration as a POW, Edgar Kuhlow was determined to survive and prove the German guard wrong. This podcast tells Edgar Kuhlow’s harrowing story.
Edgar Kuhlow and John Ulferts
Battle of Anzio - Trench warfare
Battle of Anzio - Wounded GI
The Battle of Anzio claimed 43,000 Allied and 40,000 German casualties
Stalag II-D Stargard
Memorial to 65,000 prisoners of war who died at Stalag II B at Hammerstein
Sick American prisoner of war at Stalag XIIA Limburg
GIs sharing a blanket
Always Remember - World War II Through Veterans’ Eyes
World War II was a pivotal moment in world history, when not only the survival of the United States was at stake, but of democracy throughout the world. Had the Allies lost WW II, fascism would have engulfed the world even as genocide would have robbed humanity of its diversity. WW II veterans live again through these short podcasts, which like the accompanying book of the same name, tell their incredible stories of valor and sacrifice. Each riveting podcast tells the story of WW II through the eyes of those who fought it. They were called the greatest generation for a reason.
