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Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

Jackson Irish

158 episodes

2 weeks ago

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Today's story is about a man considered the only SS officer buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but also a many who was a US Special Forces Officer - a Green Beret... oh, and he was actually from Finland. How did all that happen?! This week's Ghosts of Arlington are: Army Major Larry Alan Thorne, Section 60, Grave 8136South Vietnamese Air Force First Lieutenant The Long PhanSouth Vietnamese Air Force First Lieutenant Bao Tung NguyenSouth...

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I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Today's story is about a man considered the only SS officer buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but also a many who was a US Special Forces Officer - a Green Beret... oh, and he was actually from Finland. How did all that happen?! This week's Ghosts of Arlington are: Army Major Larry Alan Thorne, Section 60, Grave 8136South Vietnamese Air Force First Lieutenant The Long PhanSouth Vietnamese Air Force First Lieutenant Bao Tung NguyenSouth...

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Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#153: A Soldier of Three Armies

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Today's story is about a man considered the only SS officer buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but also a many who was a US Special Forces Officer - a Green Beret... oh, and he was actually from Finland. How did all that happen?! This week's Ghosts of Arlington are: Army Major Larry Alan Thorne, Section 60, Grave 8136South Vietnamese Air Force First Lieutenant The Long PhanSouth Vietnamese Air Force First Lieutenant Bao Tung NguyenSouth...

2 weeks ago

30 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#152: The Legend of Johnny Shiloh

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here During the Civil War, there were many legends surrounding young drummer boys on the battlefield. Arguably, the most famous of these was about Johnny Shiloh who gave the ultimate sacrifice on that Tennessee battlefield. The problem with this legend is that it was probably based on a young boy named John Clem, who not only didn't die in battle, he wasn't even at Shiloh. He did make a name for himself at Chickamauga, though. This week's Ghosts...

3 weeks ago

27 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#151: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part III

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Today we wrap up the sotry of Smith and Waller with a court martial for war crimes, but the man charged is probably not the one you think it will or should be. This week's Ghosts of Arlington are: Army Brigadier General Jacob Hurd Smith; Section 3, Grave 1924Marine Corps Major General Littleton "Tony" Waller; Section 3, Grave 3311Marine Corps Major General Littleton Waller, Jr.; Torresdale, PANavy Rear Admiral John Waller; Section 5, Grave ...

4 weeks ago

41 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#150: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part II

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Today we continue this tale of two sldiers and learn more about Marine Corps officer Littleton "Tony" Waller who rose through the ranks fighting in Africa, Cuba, and China before leading troops in The Philippines. It was Waller who tried to countermand his boss's order to kill everyone ten and older his troops came across, but a massacre of a US Army company made stopping violence against civilians much more difficult. The introductio...

1 month ago

36 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#149: A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part I

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Today we begin a tale of two soldiers - one a general, who, if he had his way would have had his troop comitted genocide up and down the island of Samar in the Philippines at the turn of the 20th Century - and the other, a lieutenant colonel who did what he could to prevent unecessary bloodshed. The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts of Arlington, Jr. While the rest of his ca...

1 month ago

29 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#148: The Life and Times of Astronaut Jim Lovell

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here After several months off due to a cross-country move, I am FINALLY back with a new episode. While I was gone, astronaut and and Navy Captain James Lovell, Jr., the storied commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission (and veteran of three previous Gemini and Apollo missions) passed away at age 97. I also have updates about new honors given to the 369th Harlem Hellfighters and seven 442nd ...

1 month ago

39 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Just a quick update on where I'm at with the move that has forced the podcast into its current hiatus. The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts of Arlington, Jr. While the rest of his catalogue is quite different from what he's performed for me, you can find his music on bandcamp.com under the names Caladrius and Bloodfeather. As always, a very special thanks to the Comm...

7 months ago

7 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#147: The Mayaguez Incident: The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part VII

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here This week we finally see the end of the Mayaguez Incident play out but not before a chaotic evacuation causes Marines to be abandoned on the battlefield. An incident that still causes embarrassment today. The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts of Arlington, Jr. While the rest of his catalogue is quite different from what he's performed for me, you can find his music on bandc...

11 months ago

49 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#146: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties of Vietnam, Part VI

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here The crew of the SS Mayaguez is released by the Khmer Rouge, but it was too late to stop the US rescue attempt. Now President Ford wants to full out the troops, but since information flowed a lot slower in 1975 than it does in 2025, the second wave of US Marines was already on site. Will they follow presidential orders or will they disregard their commander-in-chief to extricate their comrades under siege in enemy territory? The i...

11 months ago

28 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

Podcast Announcement

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Surgery on Christmas Eve is never fun - unexpected emergency surgery on Christmas Eve is even worse. Listen for more. Happy New Year, everyone! The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts of Arlington, Jr. While the rest of his catalogue is quite different from what he's performed for me, you can find his music on bandcamp.com under the names Caladrius and Bloodfeather. As alway...

1 year ago

4 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#145: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part V

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here As things get worse on the beaches, we'll look at what was going on with the crew, the ship itself, and the folks back in Washington, DC trying to run the show from there. If you said Ford was probably trying to run the ordeal in the midst of a state dinner for the Dutch prime minister as a joke. Well, I've got some bad news for you... The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts ...

1 year ago

28 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#144: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Bad intelligence plus bad timing equals a bad plan. Last week we saw the bad intelligence when no photos of the objective were available so the Marine making the plan flew over the site at 4500 feet with his personal 35mm camera. This week we see the bad timing I've been eluding to. The bad intelligence and bad timing come together for a disastrous first fifteen minutes of the battle for the Mayaguez and her crew. The introduction and tran...

1 year ago

25 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#143: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part III

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here US reconnaissance planes lost track of the Mayaguez crew when the trawler they were on arrived at the port of Kompong Som on mainland Cambodia. Because of that, US planners continued to plan for a rescue under the assumption that the crew was split between the Mayaguez itself and Koh Tang island and their estimate of how many Khmer soldier were on Koh Tang was off by 90%. Both of which led to a rescue plan that would not be well s...

1 year ago

24 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#142: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part II

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here As the first day of the Mayaguez Incident was coming to a close, US officials were gathering Marines from The Philippines and Okinawa for a potential rescue attempt. The Seventh Air Force commander, on the ground in Thailand, tried to include his airmen but that... well, that did not go well. As the second day of the incident dawned in Southeast Asia, the Air Force did all in its power, with the use of fighters and attack aircraft, to prev...

1 year ago

31 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#141: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part I

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here The last US combat units left South Vietnam on March 29, 1973. The last US embassy personnel were dramatically evacuated on April 30, 1975, the same day that the People's Army of Vietnam entered the city, signaling the defeat of South Vietnam and the reunification of the country by the Northern communists. But those considered the final American casualties of the Vietnam War died the following month in neighboring Cambodia fighting soldier...

1 year ago

31 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#140: Honored Returns

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is the federal agency responsible for recovering the remains of previously missing in action service members and identifying them and each year DPAA strikes hundreds of names from the rolls of the missing. This weeks Ghosts of Arlington are: Army Private First Class Alfred Bordeau - Memorial Section L, Cenotaph 88Army Lieutenant Colonel Addison Baker - Section 78, Grave 403Navy Seaman Firs...

1 year ago

37 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#139: The King of Swing, Part II

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Glenn Miller was only in charge of the Army Air Forces band for a little over a year and a half, but in that time he changed the way people thought about military bands, challenged the way traditional marches were performed, and above all else, went out of his way to bring a little bit of home to US military personnel that were so far away from their loved ones and fighting in the European Theater of Operation. His tragic and unexpected dea...

1 year ago

45 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#138: The King of Swing, Part I

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here After several months talking about the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, this week we return full time to Arlington. For the next two podcasts I will be talking about someone I have wanted to cover for some time. That desire was rekindled when I saw the exhibit on him at the National Museum of the United States Air Force this summer in Dayton, OH - Big Band superstar Glenn Miller. In less than five short years, Miller pro...

1 year ago

43 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#137: Sons of Hawaii, Part III

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here After representing Hawaii as an officer in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Daniel Inouye went on to serve Hawaii in the US Senate for nearly 50 years, becoming the second-longest serving Senator in that chambers history. During that time, his Distinguished Service Cross from World War II was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. This week's Ghost of the Pacific is Army Captain and US Senator Daniel Inouye - Section D, Grave 391-A. Next week, ...

1 year ago

21 minutes

Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

#136: Sons of Hawaii, Part II

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Danny Inouye wanted to be a doctor when he grew up - specifically, he wanted to be a surgeon. When he was a senior in high school he was a Red Cross volunteer. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor he saw the planes flying over Honolulu and rushed to an aid station where he treated civilians injured by falling anti-aircraft shells. As soon as he could, Danny enlisted in the army and was sent to Italy with the 442nd Regimental Combat Tea...

1 year ago

22 minutes