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The Warrior Next Door Podcast

The Warrior Next Door Podcast

By: Tony Lupo Ryan Fairfield
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We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield.


We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!

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Episodes
  • Cpl Harvey Hunt Pacific Marine Series 2 Ep 1 of 8

    Cpl Harvey Hunt Pacific Marine Series 2 Ep 1 of 8
    Sep 20 2021

    In this series, we follow WWII Marine Corporal Harvey Hunt as Fire Team Leader in Company F of the 2nd Battalion 23rd Regiment of the 4th Marine Division as he invades four islands throughout the Pacific Theater. In this episode, Cpl Hunt describes his enlistment, training, adjustment to USMC life and his first battle: the invasion of Roi-Namur on the Kwajalein atoll. WARNING: Some listeners may find the content disturbing.


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    44 mins
  • Cpl Harvey Hunt Pacific Marine Series 2 Ep 2 of 8

    Cpl Harvey Hunt Pacific Marine Series 2 Ep 2 of 8
    Sep 20 2021

    In this episode, we continue with USMC Cpl Harvey Hunt as he takes us along with him in the WWII invasion of the Pacific islands of Saipan and Tinian, part of the Northern Marianas Islands. WARNING: Some listeners may find the content disturbing.


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    41 mins
  • Cpl Harvey Hunt Pacific Marine Series 2 Ep 3 of 8

    Cpl Harvey Hunt Pacific Marine Series 2 Ep 3 of 8
    Sep 27 2021

    In this episode, USMC Cpl Harvey Hunt continues to describe the action he encountered on the islands of Saipan and Tinian. He also describes being wounded in action and his odyssey to get to an aid station. WARNING: Some listeners may find the content disturbing.

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    32 mins
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