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(Not Just) War Stories, with JD Welsh

(Not Just) War Stories, with JD Welsh

By: JD Welsh
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I sit down with extraordinary individuals who most people don't know, but should, and listen to them tell amazing stories about war, and other things. These are (Not Just) War Stories. Messages and Donations: https://anchor.fm/notjustwarstories/support Videos can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@notjustwarstories #airforcespecialwarfare #usaf #tacp #specialforces #sof #ranger #rangers #oef #oif #ojc #oje #ond #vietnam #war #warstory #warstories #combat #leadership #veteran #veterans #afsoc #warrior #jtac #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawarenessJD Welsh Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Episode #98 - Heidi Langbein-Allen
    Apr 13 2026

    Heidi Langbein-Allen, author of Save the Last Bullet: Memoir of a Boy Soldier in Hitler’s Army, talks about her father’s harrowing experience as a child soldier in the final days of World War II, the Nazi indoctrination of German youth, and the long shadow war cast over survivors and their families. Raised in Germany, France, and Spain, Heidi wrote the book from sixteen cassette tapes her father recorded in German, preserving a firsthand account of trauma, survival, memory, and the moral wreckage left behind by war.

    #HeidiLangbeinAllen #SaveTheLastBullet #WWII #WorldWarII#Memoir #HistoricalMemoir #WarMemoir #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast#AuthorInterview #BookTalk #BookDiscussion #ChildSoldier #WarAndMemory#SurvivalStory #TraumaAndHealing #HolocaustEra #NaziGermany #GermanHistory#WitnessToWar #FamilyHistory #LegacyOfWar #UntoldHistory #PersonalHistory#StoriesThatMatter #RememberThePast #HistoryLovers #NeverForget#NotJustWarStories

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode #97 - Hoangmai Pham
    Apr 5 2026

    Hoangmai H. Pham, Vietnamese American refugee, physician, health policy leader, and author of Bridge from Saigon, talks about her family’s escape from Vietnam, the personal and psychological aftermath of displacement, and the path that took her to the highest levels of American health care leadership. She also discusses the story behind Bridge from Saigon, her work in medicine and policy, and the deeper questions of identity, trauma, healing, and resilience that shaped her life.

    #Memoir #Resilience #FamilyHistory #VietnameseAmerican#Leadership #HoangmaiPham #BridgeFromSaigon

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    1 hr
  • Episode #96 - Steve Call
    Mar 29 2026

    Retired B-52 pilot, ALO, and ASOS commander, Steve Call, talks about the story behind the writing of his book, Danger Close.Danger Close: Tactical Air Controllers in Afghanistan and Iraq https://a.co/d/4flojAU

    #AirForceSpecialWarfare#AFSW #TACP #Leadership #warstories#combat #closeairsupport #CAS #JTAC #USAF #veterans #veteran #usmilitary #etac #alo#MilitaryAuthor #VeteranAuthor #DangerClose #military #history #MilitaryHistory#MilitaryScholar #b52 #tacpfoundation

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    1 hr and 44 mins
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