Journalist and author Thomas Clavin joins the show to discuss the harrowing journey of Joe Moser, an American fighter pilot during World War II and the subject of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival.
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- 01:41 - Introduction
- 03:33 - Why a book on Joe Moser
- 09:44 - The Lockheed P-38 Lightning
- 11:09 - August 13, 1944
- 13:48 - Nazis send Moser to Buchenwald
- 15:44 - Buchenwald and the concentration camp system
- 17:48 - Karl-Otto and Ilse Koch
- 19:36 - Life at Buchenwald
- 21:34 - Colonel Phil Lamason
- 23:00 - Hannes Trautloft and Moser’s survival
- 27:27 - Leaving Buchenwald
- 31:47 - Joe after the war